Putin in Astana will hold a meeting with the leaders of Kazakhstan and Belarus
The Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Astana, where he will meet with heads of Kazakhstan and Belarus.
The main event is scheduled for March 20. As stated by the press service of the Kremlin, the head of the three countries will discuss the situation in Ukraine and trends in the world economy.
"The parties plan to discuss the state and prospects of development of trade and economic cooperation of the three countries, the Eurasian integration processes taking into account the impact of recent trends in the global economy. Also planned for the exchange of views on topical international issues, most importantly the situation in Ukraine ", - said in the message of the press service of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation.
As told on Wednesday, press Secretary of the head of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, also scheduled bilateral meeting Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian and Kazakh colleagues.
from the outset it was expected that Putin at the invitation Nazarbayev will visit on March 12-13, Astana to participate in a trilateral meeting with the participation of the Belarusian Side. However, the day before the event was announced that the meeting was postponed.
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the meeting was in truth moved. According to the press Secretary of the head of Kazahstana Dauren Abaev, the postponement of the meeting is " the tight schedule of the leaders of the three countries."