Putin at the G20 summit will meet with the new British prime minister – RBC

British Prime Minister Theresa May

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at the summit of “twenty” in China, President Vladimir Putin for the first time to meet with the new British Prime Minister Theresa May, but instead a tripartite meeting with the French and German leaders hold separate meetings

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on September 2-3 will participate in the East economic forum on September 4-5 with them – in the summit of the “twenty» (G 20) in the Chinese Hangzhou

At the summit in Vladivostok, the main international guests will Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye. With them, Putin will hold separate talks.

In addition to working at the summit of the “twenty” Putin will also hold several bilateral meetings, he told reporters at a briefing on Tuesday, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. September 3, he first met with the new President of Argentina Mauricio Macri, who was elected in November last year. On the same day it will be the second in the past month meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At the last, on August 9 in St. Petersburg, began the process of normalization of relations between the two countries.

4 September in addition to meeting with the host of the summit President Xi Jinping will meet with the Russian president, the new British Prime Minister Theresa May. Ushakov said that the bilateral relations are now virtually frozen, with the exception of his “telephone conversations with a colleague – national security adviser.” August 9, Putin held a telephone conversation with her. In July this year, Mei called a real threat to Russia, as she said in her first speech to parliament, according to Reuters. “The threat posed by countries such as Russia and North Korea, remains real,” – he said the head of the British government

Also, on September 4, Putin will hold talks with French President Francois Hollande, and the next day is expected to meet Russian. leader with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Previously it was assumed that at the summit of the “twenty” may take place in the meeting, “Norman format” with the participation of Ukraine. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Baku on August 8. However, after the incident in the Crimea, where, according to Russian authorities, sabotage detachment of Ukrainian troops attacked Russian troops (two Russians were killed), President Putin declared it inexpedient to hold a meeting in the Quartet format. After that, during a telephone conversation, Putin, Hollande and Merkel agreed to discuss the possibility of holding a trilateral meeting. As a result, according to Ushakov, “colleagues, referring to the chart, offered to hold two bilateral meetings».

The work program for September 4 also includes a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

will finish the schedule of meetings in China Putin talks with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, Ushakov said.

The Kremlin does not exclude that in China also held a conversation with Putin, US President Barack Obama. “With Obama official meeting is not consistent, but we do not exclude that in the course of events, they will take the time to work contact, which often occur in the course of events before,” – said Ushakov. In November last year, Putin and Obama spoke for about an hour in the lobby of the hotel in Antalya, where the summit of the “twenty” took place.