Vladimir Putin accepts Thailand's invitation to attend APEC summit next month: Report

Russian President Vlimir Putin has accepted Thailand’s invitation to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, which is scheduled to be held next month in Bangkok. Putin’s attendance was confirmed by Bangkok Post, which cited an anonymous security source. 

source said that Foreign Ministry has alerted security agencies to begin setting up arrangements for meeting. As per unnamed security source, Chinese President Xi Jinping is yet to confirm his participation, and US President Joe Biden will likely miss summit due to personal commitments and send a delegate inste. 

APEC, G20 summits set to be held in November

month of November will witness G20 and APEC summits kick off in Souast Asia. According to reports, Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Joe Biden, and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to hold talks at G20 summit in Bali on November 15 and 16. On or hand, APEC summit will be held two days later, on 18 and 19 November. 

Husin Bagis, Indonesia’s ambassor to UAE, said in an exclusive interview with National, that “situation isn’t easy because of Ukraine-Russia war.” “We are deciding which hotels to put m up in ― one for Mr Putin and one for Mr Zelenskyy,” he said while talking about logistics involved. “Indonesia is different than or countries. Everything is peaceful in my country,” Bagis said. 

Russia says open to negotiation talks with West

On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview telecasted on state television that Moscow is open to holding talks with West but has not received any “serious offers” so far. He furr claimed that several US officials including White House national security spokesperson John Kirby lied that Kremlin rejected negotiation talks about Russia-Ukraine war. 

“This is a lie. We have not received any serious offers to make contact. We have repeatedly said that we never refuse meetings. If re is a proposal, n we will consider it,” he said. "It seems to me that Americans have been participating de facto in this war for a long time. This war is being controlled by Anglo-Saxons,” Lavrov ded, as reported by Guardian.