For the first time in 10 years, Putin will head the Russian delegation at the session of the UN General Assembly

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree approved the delegation of the Russian Federation to participate in the 70th session of the UN General Assembly to be held in late September in New York. For the first time in a decade delegation will be headed by Putin himself.

The document was published on the official web portal of legal information. According to him, the delegation also includes Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, who will lead the Mission after Vladimir Putin will leave New York.

The schedule for the jubilee session of the UN planned to just two speeches President of Russia - Summit on Sustainable Development and the program of the general debate of the first day of the General Assembly.

"According to published information, the Russian president will speak on the first day of the general debate of the sixth number. According to tradition, it opens Brazil, and behind it are the United States as a country in whose territory the headquarters of the United Nations. However, the list of speakers are usually constantly updated, sometimes until the last day, "- said in a statement posted on the UN website.

Within the framework of the General Assembly may hold a meeting of Putin and US President Barack Obama. Such a possibility, provided that "if a proposal is on their side," Lavrov did not rule out previously. The previous meeting between the two presidents was held in November 2014.

Officially, the 70 th session of the UN General Assembly will begin September 15th. The summit will take place on 25-27 September, which have to be taken in the global objective of sustainable development for the period 2015. They will replace the Millennium Development Goals, adopted in 2000. September 28 will open a general political discussion, which will address representatives of all 193 UN member states.

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