MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Rome in person this month, but will take part in it via video link, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Kremlin said Putin informed Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi about his plans in a telephone call during which they also discussed the situation in Afghanistan and bilateral issues.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Alison Williams)
