Russia President Vladimir
Putin will attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Milan
October 16-17 and may meet Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko at
the event, Kremlin diplomatic advisor Yuri Ushakov was quoted as
saying by Tass on Thursday.
Ushakov added that Putin may also meet Italian Premier
Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French
President Francois Hollande in Milan.
There will be hopes that a possible meeting between Putin
and Poroshenko could help ease the crisis in Ukraine and soothe
international tensions.
Moscow's annexation of Crimea earlier this year and its
support for pro-Russia separatists in the east of Ukraine
prompted the United States and the European Union to adopt
sanctions and drove relations between the West and Russia to
their lowest levels since the Cold War.
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