The absence of Eight summit Putin in Washington

The White House confirmed the absence of the Kremlin and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the newly elected from the Group of Eight summit to be held in Maryland in the U.S. later this month, and that he would send the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to represent them. But Putin will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit in Mexico next month.

The Eight summit to be held in the 18 and 19 of the May / May of this in the presidential retreat at Camp David was seen as an excellent opportunity for U.S. President Barack Obama and Putin in order to recognize each other.

Putin told his U.S. counterpart in a telephone interview yesterday that he would not be able to attend the summit because of domestic responsibilities in completing the appointments in his new government, according to a statement issued by the White House.

He added that Obama said that he understood the decision of Putin and Medvedev welcomed the participation in the Group of Eight summit, pointing out that the two presidents agreed to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit in Los Cabos in Mexico on 18 and 19 of June.

The statement also that during this phone call two presidents reiterated their interest in dialogue "at the highest level" that dominated the stage of the resumption of relations between their two countries after Obama delivered his duties in January 2009.

He explained that the U.S. presidency spoke about the gains, "this appeal" such as the progress made on the "nuclear security and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Afghanistan and the World Trade Organization and trade relations between the two countries."

Reasons for absence
In turn, said in a statement issued by the Kremlin because of the absence of Putin Ancgalath form a new government and a planned meeting between Obama and Putin on the sidelines of the twentieth, Mexico.

Although the White House and the Kremlin did not Aouhaa until yesterday to the absence of any plans Putin summit, the U.S. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon told about it during his meeting with Putin and other officials Russians in Moscow last week, according to revelations in the official White House.

And this absence Diplomats say Russia's opposition to the deployment of U.S. missile shield Atlantic in Europe is the hidden reason to announce the sudden absence of Putin summit of the Group of Eight, they add, it is known that Putin does not want to attend the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to be held in Chicago in the 20 and 21 of this month.

And Russian officials have to attend meetings of the Atlantic countries at the invitation or to discuss missile shield, which will top the agenda of the summit as well as the security situation in Afghanistan.

Washington is counting on Putin to attend the summit to show welcomed his return to office, and be an opportunity to hold meetings between him and European leaders at the beginning of his third presidential far from the sensitivities raised by the talk about the missile shield, according to diplomats.