Kremlin: Foreign Leaders Will Take Part in SPIEF

Other Foreign leaders, in addition to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, will participate in this year's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced.

"Yes, President Tokayev said that he will participate, and we are very grateful to our Kazakh friends, partners, and allies for this," Peskov added in an interview with the Russian news agency (TASS) on Sunday, confirming the attendance of a number of heads of government and heads of state in the forum.

"The president planned to make contacts with these foreign leaders, but he did not announce, in advance, the list of distinguished attendees," Peskov added, explaining that the heads of US diplomatic missions around the world are putting pressure on the authorities of other countries.

It is worth mentioning that, the Russian presidency (the Kremlin) announced that the Ukrainian side has to get out of the negotiation track, and therefore there is no need to talk about the possibility of preparing for a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky.

In response to a question about the importance of the meeting between Putin and Zelensky, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “Our position is very clear. Any meeting at the highest level must be well-prepared.”

Peskov added: “The Ukrainian side has to get out of the negotiation track, and therefore there is no need to talk about the possibility of preparing for such a meeting. ”