Putin says he has yet to decide whether he'll attend G20 summit, says summit meeting with Xi was "normal"

Record ID: 1689279

  • Title: Putin says he has yet to decide whether he'll attend G20 summit, says summit meeting with Xi was "normal"
  • Date: 16th September 2022
  • Summary: SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN (SEPTEMBER 16, 2022) (RUSSIAN POOL (VIA RUPTLY) - No new usage after 30 days) (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: (SOUNDBITE BEGINS OVER SHOT OF JOURNALIST) “I'll see. I have already been to Bali, the place itself is good, beautiful. But it's not about beauty. We will see how the situation develops in the economy and in other areas. I have an invitation to visit the G20, and the president of the host country personally informed me about this when he was in Moscow. Then he called and said again - keep in mind, there is a certain pressure, but my position is tough - we want to see you at this summit. I'll see, we'll decide. Russia will take part.” WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: “There was nothing of the “most important” (discussed at the bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping), however strange it may seem. It was, in fact, our ordinary, normal meeting.”
  • Embargoed: 30th September 2022 19:21
  • Keywords: G20 Russia SCO Samarkand Uzbekistan Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping summit
  • Location: SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN
  • City: SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN
  • Country: Uzbekistan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001595416092022RP1
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    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (September 16) said he had not yet decided whether to personally attend a summit of the Group of 20 nations in Indonesia in November.
    However, Putin, speaking to reporters in Uzbekistan after a regional summit, said Russia would be represented at the meeting.
    Putin also said that his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping the previous day at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan had been "normal."
    Speaking to reporters after the summit, Putin said he had discussed measures to boost Russia-China trade during his meeting with Xi, whose "concerns" about the war in Ukraine Putin publicly acknowledged for the first time during the session.
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