Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Monday with U.S. President Barack Obama in New York, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
Peskov told journalists in Russia’s Rostov region that Putin will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and then later in the day with the president.
The three leaders are among the many who will be in New York next week to attend this year’s session of the United Nation’s General Assembly. Putin will address the assembly on Monday.
Obama and Putin last met in November 2014 at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing.
A unnamed senior Obama administration official said Thursday …read more
Source: Voice of America
