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US President Donald Trump decides not to attend the United Nations General Assembly in person. And Russian President Vladimir Putin will record his speech to the “assembly” through a video. While the leaders’ discussions will focus on the Corona epidemic, in addition to conflict and security issues.
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Most of this year’s General Assembly meeting will take place from September 21-29.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters aboard the Air Force One presidential plane that US President Donald Trump “will not personally attend” the United Nations General Assembly meeting. Nations scheduled for next week, according to a joint media report.
Meadows confirmed to reporters who accompanied Trump on his way to Wisconsin to attend a campaign rally that the president will not personally attend the 75th session of the General Assembly, which will be held primarily online due to the crisis in Health.
The decision is a change in Trump’s position, after he said last month that he intended to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York, although other world leaders preferred not to attend the meeting due to the epidemic of Covid-19.
For his part, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin will videotape his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
Peskov said: “Today, Putin’s speech will be recorded at the United Nations General Assembly.”
Peskov noted that “the head of state always personally works on the texts of his speeches and makes all the necessary adjustments.”
“Today after the president finishes the text, it will be recorded. Then we will send it to the organizers in New York,” he said.
It was previously reported that Putin will lead the Russian delegation at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Following the participation of Putin (in the form of a video message) and his assistant, Yuri Ushakov, in the proceedings of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the delegation of the Russian Federation will continue to participate in the session chaired by Chancellor Sergey Lavrov.
The main part of the General Assembly meeting continues this year, when world leaders take turns delivering speeches, during the week of September 21 to September 29.
In remarks on Tuesday, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres stressed that this year’s session will focus on the global response to the Covid-19 epidemic in addition to “peace and security, disarmament, human rights, gender equality. and sustainable development “.
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