Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trips would be fully disclosed to the public in due time, according to spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
This autumn, Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to travel abroad, but the specifics of his plans have not yet been made public, according to Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.
With an arrest order out for Putin from the International Criminal Court (ICC), reporters questioned Peskov on Monday if Putin had any upcoming travel plans.
Such visits have been “planned, yes – for the autumn,” the spokesperson said.
He said that “we will inform you about it in due time,” but he wouldn’t specify any particular locations. We don’t want to make this announcement beforehand for obvious reasons.
Peskov also declared that a meeting between Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, was scheduled to happen “soon.” He noted that the official announcement on the event’s date and location should come soon.
Erdogan’s administration announced that the Russian president would arrive in Turkey for the negotiations in early August. The meeting would probably take place in Russia, though, according to later reports from Turkish media sites. Last week, Tass was informed by a diplomatic source that the two presidents would meet on September 4 in the Russian resort of Sochi.
According to Turkish sources quoted by Bloomberg on Monday, Putin and Erdogan could meet in Moscow on September 8 to discuss the resumption of the Black Sea grain agreement.
Through a video link, Putin took part in the BRICS summit that was held in South Africa last week. Sergey Lavrov, the country’s foreign minister, led the team of Russians in Johannesburg. The Kremlin revealed on Friday that the Russian president would not be attending the G20 summit in New Delhi, which will take place on September 9–10.
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Putin and Russia’s children’s rights commissioner were charged by the ICC in March with “forcible transfer of the population,” which refers to the removal of children from conflict areas during the fighting in Ukraine.
While denying these accusations, Moscow has charged that the Hague-based court is politically biassed. The ICC had no jurisdiction over it, according to Russia, which never accepted the Rome Statute that created it in 1998.
