WASHINGTON, October 2. /TASS/. The US presumes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not going to attend the upcoming summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in San Francisco, California this November, State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said at a regular briefing.

"He is not going to be in San Francisco in November. I think we can all be pretty clear about that," the diplomat said speaking about the Russian leader.

"We said we recognize our obligations as the host of APEC. But we are going to honor our sanctions rules and regulations and making invitations, I've been asked about that in the context of other individuals. I would also say I would be highly surprised if Vladimir Putin <...> wanted to show up at a meeting in San Francisco," Miller noted.

The spokesman also declined to respond as to whether Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov would be present.

Previously, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin was unlikely to expect an invitation to the APEC summit.

Earlier, the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, the Netherlands, issued arrest warrants for Putin and Russian Children’s Rights Ombudswoman Maria Lvova-Belova, on charges of the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children. Theoretically, the arrest warrant against Putin may be enacted if he visits one of the countries which recognizes the ICC’s jurisdiction. Moscow has categorically refuted these charges, describing the very fact that such an issue was raised at all as utterly outrageous. Moreover, Moscow said that it did not recognize the ICC’s jurisdiction and considered its verdicts to be null and void.