Putin to attend APEC summit in China, meeting schedule to be drafted
L'essentiel
- Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Russian President Vladimir Putin's readiness to attend the APEC summit in China.
- He stated that a schedule for bilateral meetings will be drafted later, and no trilateral format is currently being discussed.
Résumé généré par IA
BEIJING, May 20. /TASS/. Schedule of meetings for Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in China will be drafted later, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"Putin confirmed his readiness to take part and come [to the APEC summit]. We will see who the other participants in China will be. Surely, a schedule of bilateral meetings will be drafted," Peskov told reporters.
He noted that no trilateral format is being discussed. "Summits are held precisely so that a wide variety of meetings with participants can take place on their sidelines," the Kremlin spokesman said.
Peskov was commenting on statements that Russia and the United States support the upcoming APEC summit in China. In this regard, reporters asked whether other formats of a meeting between the leaders of the two countries were possible, for example in a trilateral format.
