Russian President Vladimir Putin was four hours late for a meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel at the ASEM summit in Milan on Thursday after stopping by Serbia on the way to Italy to enjoy a military parade in Belgrade.
“The meeting did not go through as scheduled due to a major scheduling reshuffle,” a spokesperson for Putin told press on Thursday, though it was later confirmed Merkel met the Russian president four hours later then planned.
Putin missed most of the first day of the two day summit, joining Merkel and other EU leaders eight hours after he was due to …read more
Source: Newsweek