Russian President Vladimir Putin will provide sufficient explanations on the Kerch Strait incident during bilateral meetings on the G20 sidelines if there are any questions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th November, 2018) Russian President Vladimir Putin will provide sufficient explanations on the Kerch Strait incident during bilateral meetings on the G20 sidelines if there are any questions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
The G20 summit will be held in Buenos Aires on November 30-December 1, bringing together the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies.
"As for discussing the Sunday incident at the summit, this is not a topic to be on the agenda of the G20 summit itself. But at the same time, if any questions are raised during bilateral meetings with the [Russian] president on the sidelines of the summit, undoubtedly, the president will provide sufficient explanations," Peskov told reporters.
On Sunday, Ukraine's Berdyansk and Nikopol gunboats and the Yany Kapu tug crossed the Russian maritime border. According to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the vessels sailed toward the Kerch Strait, an entrance to the Sea of Azov, where the ships were seized by Russia due to the lack of reply to a lawful demand to stop. In response to the situation in the Kerch Strait, the Ukrainian authorities decided on Monday to introduce martial law in selected regions of Ukraine along the border with Russia as well as along the coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov for 30 days.
