#RussiaIsolated? President Obama Won’t Meet Putin, But Europe’s Leaders Will -- ABC News
MOSCOW — The White House has led the charge to isolate Russia after its annexation of Crimea and alleged meddling in Ukraine, but this week the West may be sending mixed signals.
President Obama and other world leaders suspended Russia from the G8, the group of top industrialized nations, deciding to meet as the G7 in Brussels this week without Russian President Vladimir Putin.
But later in the week, Putin will sit down for separate meetings with French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Putin will be in France to join President Obama and other European leaders to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. (Hollande has said the invitation has nothing to do with current politics, and is instead a tribute to the millions of Soviet soldiers who died during World War II.)
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More News On Who Will Putin Be Meeting During This Friday's WWII D-Day Ceremonies At Normandy
Putin to Meet Merkel During Normandy Visit, Obama Meeting not Planned – Moscow -- RIA Novosti
Russia's Putin to Meet Germany's Merkel Friday -- WSJ
UK's Cameron, Russia's Putin to meet in Normandy amid tensions over Ukraine -- FOX News/AP
David Cameron to meet Vladimir Putin for Ukraine talks -- The Guardian
Cameron and Putin to hold face-to-face talks on 70th anniversary of D-Day after Prince Charles compared Russian leader to Hitler -- Daily Mail
Should Putin Be Invited to Normandy? -- David Frum, The Atlantic
WNU Editor: I love the French way/solution to make sure that Putin and Obama do not meet .... François Hollande to eat two dinners to keep Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin apart (The Telegraph). The Guardian has more.
3 comments:
Damn, I want to be there, with popcorn!
You are in France .... wine, cheese, baguette .... no popcorn.
"You are in France .... wine, cheese, baguette .... no popcorn."
Okay, Okay, Okay then 4 or 5 bottles a bunch of Brie and a front row seat and I'm set.
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