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President’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov confirmed the cancellation of the visit of Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in the Philippines, the correspondent of RBC. Earlier that instead of Putin will travel to the summit Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, on condition of anonymity told RBC federal official.
«I can confirm that. Indeed, Russia at the APEC summit will be presented to the Prime Minister “- said Peskov journalists.
A spokesman for the president said that Putin made this decision” recently “because of plans by Dmitry Medvedev in the Philippines.
«The chairman of the government there have been planned in the region of the auxiliary contacts, additional visits. In this regard, in terms of optimization of graphs senior management of the country, the president decided that the President and the Prime Minister with a difference of one or two days this far did not fly, “- said Peskov.
A spokesman for President He said that Putin “has traditionally paid great attention to the agenda of the APEC summit.” According to him, on the eve of the summit in the leading media of APEC will article the president of the issues in the APEC region.
Dmitry Peskov also ruled link cancellation of the visit of President to the summit that relations Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and US President Barack Obama is better than the relationship of the two presidents.
«This is a wrong assessment, which shows the lack of understanding of the essence of Russia’s policy in the Asia-Pacific region. It [Russia's policy in the region] independent measurement of Russia’s foreign policy, it is absolutely not indexed in any way on bilateral relations with the United States, “- said presssekretar President (quoted by TASS).
Peskov also said that Russia has” quite constructive and close relations “with many of the Asia-Pacific region, and will continue to cooperate with them” regardless of the bilateral relations with third countries ».
Earlier today, a federal official on condition of anonymity told RBC that instead of Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in the Philippines will leave Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. On cancellation of Putin’s visit to the summit and source of the previously reported Gazety.ru.
According to the interlocutor of RBC, it was initially planned that the November 15-16 Vladimir Putin will travel to Turkey for the summit “Big Twenty”, November 17 to visit one from the Russian regions, and 18-19 November, together with other world leaders will go to the Philippines. But in the end it was decided that the summit in the Philippines will leave Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Interlocutor RBC could not explain the reason for changes in the president’s plans.
In the last days of the trip to the APEC heads of state, everything was ready. In particular, the Kremlin pool journalists were accredited to the Summit and managed to get a Philippine visa.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev last visited international summits instead of Vladimir Putin in 2012. Then he went to the president instead of the Group of Eight summit, “but at the APEC summit, which took place in Russia, the country was represented by the head of state. Since then, the APEC summit on Russia went only Vladimir Putin.
During the visit of Russian Prime Minister at the APEC summit in 2012 in the country’s leadership said that such a division of summits between the members of the tandem is possible in the future, but since Dmitry Medvedev at the highest level, instead of the event, Vladimir Putin did not go.
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