MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he intends to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as well as a number of other leaders during the upcoming G20 summit in Turkey.
"As for the schedule of bilateral meetings, it is now being formed. I intend to meet with the President of the People's Republic of China, presidents of Turkey, the Republic of South Africa and Argentina, the prime ministers of the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan," Putin said in an interview with Russian and Turkish media ahead of the summit.