Putin spoke about the Foreign Ministry’s recommendation to skip nuclear summit in the United States – RBC

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary session III Mediaforum independent regional and local media,” It is true justice »

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Barack Obama has invited Vladimir Putin to take part in the nuclear security summit Washington, and the president of Russia was not against, but the Foreign Ministry experts advised him to give up a trip to Washington

Russian President Vladimir Putin received an invitation to attend the nuclear security summit in Washington, but the Russian Foreign Ministry advised him not to do it . The Head of State said at a media forum of independent regional and local media, “truth and justice».

The president stressed that the invitation he received, including personally from President Barack Obama.

“Yes, I was invited, and my colleague [President Barack Obama] personally invited. Frankly, I in general do not mind would go, but our experts in the field of nuclear activities and of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, however not recommended to do it “, – Putin said (quoted by Tass)

. He explained that the nuclear summit in Washington was a “domestic US event”. “As it became clear, it is a home event, most likely American. Typically, events of this kind and level are based on consensus and the opportunity to participate in the formulation of the final decision “, – quotes Putin’s” RIA Novosti »

According to him, the summit was divided into five groups, and the Russian side. it was invited to participate in only one of them. Therefore, he said, representatives of the Russian delegation could contribute to the solution only in one direction.

«That is, shared documents, if they are now accepted, we would have not participated. But let such a major nuclear power like Russia can not participate or cover this event with their presence and not be able to influence the production of the final decision “, – said the president

The nuclear summit in Washington was held 31 March. – on 1 April. Once it became known about Russia’s refusal to participate in the event, in the Kremlin explained this “deficiency of interaction during the preliminary study of the issues and themes of the summit».

At the end of the summit, Barack Obama said that Russia does not agree to a continuation of the process of nuclear disarmament. Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, noted that “the lack of progress on nuclear disarmament – the result of a destructive and even openly hostile line of the Obama administration towards Russia.”