Putin will head the Russian delegation at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly – RBC

President Vladimir Putin will head the Russian delegation at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. By the presidential order published on the official website of legal information.

The Russian delegation will also include Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, Chairman of the Federation Council committee on international affairs Konstantin Kosachev, his colleague from the State Duma Alexei Pushkov, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov .

The jubilee 70th session of the UN General Assembly will also visit, in particular, the Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to the United States, Sergei Kislyak, and Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin.

In the decree states that, after Putin cease to participate in the session, as the head of the delegation will be assigned to Lavrov.

Session of UN General Assembly opens 15th September. Earlier, the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko made that the session could be held the talks the leaders of “Norman Quartet».

Russian presidential aide Ushakov then said that the timing of the meeting of leaders “Norman Quartet” is not specifically discussed. On the question of whether such a meeting within the framework of the UN General Assembly, he said: “Only in theory».

August 26, he noted that the schedule of the visit “yet agreed.” Sam’s visit, according to Ushakov, “will be short enough.”