Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Baku on June 12-13 to participate in the opening ceremony of the European Games. He will meet with the head of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and perhaps with the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), RIA agency quoted assistant of the presidentaide Yuri Ushakov.
"The president will fly to Baku immediately after the reception in the Kremlin, dedicated to our national holiday. In the evening on June 12, he will participate in the opening ceremony of the European Games, it is possible that will meet the President of the International Olympic Committee.
On June 13 he will had a conversation with Azerbaijani President Aliyev," said Ushakov at a briefing in Moscow. -02D-
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