Putin to head Russian delegation to 70th session of UN General Assembly

MOSCOW, August 28. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will head the Russian delegation at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in New York that will open in September, the official portal of legal information said on Friday. The document confirms the delegation consisting of 10 people and led by the president. Among other delegates are Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his deputy Gennady Gatilov, presidential aide Yury Ushakov, Federation Council’s International Affairs Committee chairman Konstantin Kosachev, State Duma’s Committee on International Affairs chairman Alexey Pushkov, Russia’s Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s envoy to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin, Foreign Ministry’s department of international organizations head Alexander Pankin and Foreign Ministry’s department on non-proliferation and arms control director Mikhail Ulyanov. The 70th session of the UN General Assembly will open in New York on September 15. In the framework of the session, a summit will take place on September 25-27 where it is planned to adopt a resolution on development agenda after 2015. The session will finish its work on October 6. Read more