Putin will be in Paris on November 11 to mark 100 years since WWI end: advisor

AFP  |  Moscow 

Russian will attend a November 11 ceremony in marking 100 years since the end of World War I, his Yuri said Tuesday.

"On November 11 we are planning to fly to We will take part in the ceremony on the Champs Elysees," told journalists.

Putin will go to a working breakfast organised by French and later lay flowers at a monument to Russian soldiers in the capital, he added.

Trump confirmed his attendance at the event in August.

The US leader had been planning to hold a parade in but criticised local politicians who he said were asking for too much money for the event.

on Tuesday also confirmed that US National Security would be in at the start of next week for talks with his Russian counterpart

However Bolton will not meet Putin, and the arrangement of direct talks between the Russian and US presidents is not on the agenda, Ushakov said.

He said there were currently no plans for Putin and Trump to meet in

The pair last met in in July, after which Trump came under fire for accommodating his Russian counterpart.

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First Published: Tue, October 16 2018. 19:45 IST