All news

President Putin will not meet Obama during D-day celebrations in Normandy - Peskov

MOSCOW, June 02, /ITAR-TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to meet U.S. President Barrack Obama during a visit to Normandy, the Russian president’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said on Monday.

“The possibility of a separate meeting with Obama has not been discussed,” Peskov told the Russian News Service (Russkaya Sluzhba Novostei).

Peskov added that Putin would meet Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss the situation in Ukraine, bilateral relations and other international problems.

The Russian president will meet French President Francois Hollande in Paris and will move to Normandy on June 6 to attend the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of disembarkment of allied troops on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.