ATLANTA /US/, October 31. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump believes it is important for Russia to take part in G20 discussions, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a press conference following the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

"So, I thought the president [of the US Donald Trump] thought it was important that Russia be a part of the G20 conversation," Rubio stated when asked about Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s attendance and the invitation to President Vladimir Putin to participate in the December summit.

"I don't even know if President Putin is going to come to Miami. They haven't announced that, and they haven't confirmed that," he added.