Russian President Vladimir Putin will skip the G20 summit in Delhi, the Kremlin has confirmed. Putin attended the recently concluded BRICS summit in South Africa by video link. He was represented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
India is hosting the current edition of the G20 Summit and the main event will be held in New Delhi on September 9-10. The summit is likely to be attended by 29 heads of state as well as top EU officials and invitee guest countries and 14 heads of international organisations.
