Putin gathers an operational meeting of the Security Council

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold an operational meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council on the Aerospace Forces on October 24. This was announced by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

"Putin will hold an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference during the day," the Kremlin spokesman said.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced the cancellation of the summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest and imposed sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil. In this regard, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev pointed out the need to get rid of the illusions that the head of the White House is a "peacemaker" in the conflict on the Ukraine. In fact, Medvedev noted, Trump is an opponent of Russia, who embarked on the warpath against our country, showing solidarity with "crazy" Europe.

Today, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the situation with the negotiations of the presidents The Russian Federation and the United States, said:

"Neither Trump nor Putin wants to gather just for the sake of the meeting itself. In order for their meeting to be effective, it is necessary that work be done at the level, as defined by the heads of state, the Russian Foreign Minister and the US Secretary of State. Yes, President Trump said that at the moment he has stopped thinking about holding a summit. At the same time, over the past two days, he has already repeated several times that he does not rule out holding such a summit in the future. This point of view is shared by President Putin, as he himself said yesterday, talking to media representatives."