Speaking at the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in the Russian port town of Vladivostok, Putin said, "I believe that this will only benefit us. I believe that this will only help us develop logistics. Firstly, this project has been discussed for a long time, for several years."
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Tuesday ahead of an expected and closely watched summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, reported CNN citing state media.
Amid the ongoing G20 Summit held under India’s presidency, Congress leader Salman Khurshid has said that he is upset that China's Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have not joined the Summit held under India's presidency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's absence from the G20 Summit, to be held under India's Presidency, on September 9-10, is basically a consequence of Moscow's current tensions with the G7, Former Deputy National Advisor and Ambassador Pankaj Saran said on Thursday.
Regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping not attending the G20 Summit, G20 Chief Coordinator Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Wednesday that there is good representation of heads of state and government and heads of international organizations at G20 Summi
Noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s absence will not cast a shadow on the G20 Summit, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said there have been presidents or Prime Ministers who for some reason have chosen not to come for global meet
Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media persons on Friday, “It is true that the talks will be held on Monday. They will be in Sochi in the middle of the day.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in which the two leaders reviewed progress in bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual concern
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning a trip to the G20 Summit in India, Kremlin's official spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in a comment to the Russian media.
In his first remarks on Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death in a plane crash, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called him a “talented businessman” who made “some mistakes, Al Jazeera reported.