Image copyright AP US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold on Monday in New York a bilateral meeting, the first in almost a year.
The talks will be held on amid continuing disagreements between the two countries over Russian annexation of the Crimea, its actions in the East of Ukraine, as well as due to the increase of the Russian military presence in Syria.
According to the White House, Obama and Putin will meet during the General Assembly of the UN.
“At the moment, Putin’s program in New York is as follows: it will arrive, listen at the General Assembly some time the performance of their colleagues, will make himself, then held his conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon, and it will participate in the protocol event on behalf of the UN Secretary General in honor of heads of delegations. After that he will meet with Abe and Barack Obama, “- said Peskov.
The last time the two leaders spoke by telephone after the agreement with Tehran on the Iranian nuclear program.
” Given the situation in Syria and the Ukraine, the President believes that, despite our profound differences with Moscow, it would be irresponsible not to try to make progress through the involvement of the Russians to negotiate at the highest level “, – he told the BBC BBC representative of the administration of US President .
According to him, the main purpose of the meeting from the point of view of the United States – to persuade Russia to adhere to the terms of the armistice in Ukraine, which were adopted in February at the talks in Minsk.
“Obama refuses to meet Putin against the backdrop of the deep differences due to the intervention of Russia in the conflict in the Ukraine last year, decided that this meeting could be useful to urge the Kremlin to maintain the truce near their borders and at the same time insist on a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria “- reported Previously, the newspaper New York Times.
According to correspondents in New York, until finally clear exactly when this meeting will take place – before or after Putin’s speech at the UN.
It is known that the Russian leader intends on Monday to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Meanwhile, press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, said that the meeting with Obama scheduled after Putin’s speech.
“At the moment, Putin’s program in New York is as follows: it will arrive, listen at the General Assembly some time performances of their colleagues will speak himself, then held his conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and it will participate in the protocol event on behalf of the UN Secretary General in honor of heads of delegations. After that he will meet with Abe and Barack Obama, “- said Peskov.
According to Reuters, referring to sources in the US administration, initiated the meeting with the American president was Putin.
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