“For Ukraine not being a NATO country or a member of G-20 Zelensky seems to have an outsized influence on the world stage. Every week he’s having some high visibility confab with world leaders. Just saying.”
Zelensky is being used like a knife to jab at Putin. No decent host would invite two feuding parties to the same event. At the best, it would turn the event into another battlefield and subtract from whatever the event was supposed to be about. (At worst, someone gets assassinated.) Also, given the war it would be a good idea to avoid the event entirely. A smaller side meeting focused on, say avoiding world starvation because of the war, would be better use of time and people. Besides, what are they going to talk about with Putin sitting at the table, more bad things they’re going to do to Russia?
It will be turned into another circus and photo op for the pols.
Agree with your constructive suggestions for a more responsible and productive meeting.