Putin not invited to attend global online COVID-19 summit, Kremlin says

Russian Politics & Diplomacy April 19, 2022, 15:33

The international summit will be held on May 12

MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been invited yet to attend the 2nd online global COVID-19 summit, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the press on Tuesday.

The international summit on the fight against COVID-19, to be co-hosted by the US, Belize, Germany, Indonesia and Senegal, will be held virtually on May 12.

"The president has not received any invitations," the Kremlin spokesman said in reply to a TASS request for comment.

Peskov also said he didn’t have any information on whether Russia had been invited at all.

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