Vladimir Putin

Asked at his briefing in Washington on Tuesday if the annual meeting has been pushed to January 2022, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said: "We have never announced a date for the 2+2... I can assure you that there will be an opportunity for a 2+2 before long."

The current conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians must be resolved in accordance with previously adopted resolutions at the UN Security Council, Xinhua news agency quoted Putin as saying during a meeting with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Sochi. The problem must be solved on an equitable basis that takes into account the interests of all people living in the region, Putin stressed.

Putin on Sunday said he was feeling well after the third shot during a meeting with Denis Logunov, Deputy Director of the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, which creates the Sputnik vaccines. Putin was inoculated with the first jab of Sputnik V vaccine on March 23 and the second on April 14, Xinhua news agency reported.

"We will continue to strengthen ties with our good neighbours and friends in the People's Republic of China," Putin added at an expanded meeting of the Russian Foreign Ministry Board, Xinhua news agency reported. The bilateral relations have served as a model for effective interstate cooperation in the 21st century, he stressed. The Russian President said some Western countries are "openly trying to drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing."  

The Western countries fought many years in Iraq and Afghanistan, and economically, high social benefits are attracting migrants to the EU countries, Putin said in an interview with a Russian TV programme, Xinhua news agency reported. He stressed that Russia has nothing to do with the crisis and Russian airlines did not fly the migrants there.

"Some of our foreign colleagues are not abandoning attempts to break this parity, including through the deployment of global missile defense system components, in the immediate vicinity of our borders," Putin added at a meeting on Monday with senior defence officials in Russia's Sochi. "We cannot fail to notice these threats to Russia's security and will respond appropriately and adequately," he stressed.

"I would like to note that the United States takes 40 per cent of the budget deficits of all G20 countries for 2020-2021," Putin said via video link at the first session of the 16th Group of 20 (G20) Leaders' Summit, Xinhua news agency rerported. The persistent use of serious budget deficits creates a risk of high global inflation in the medium term, which decreases business activity and aggravates inequality, he warned.

Putin noted that Russian-Turkish cooperation on the international arena has been successful, further pointing to efforts aimed at coordinating positions on Syria and Libya, Xinhua news agency reported

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The current crisis in its observer state remains the biggest topical issue of regional and international importance for the SCO gathering, which also includes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, with the Former President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the presidential palace and the Taliban regime still not recognised by the world.