According to TASS, citing the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, Putin plans to focus his speech on the challenge posed to the world by the coronavirus pandemic.
“What can we talk about now, speaking before the UN?
This is about the very unprecedented challenge that the pandemic has presented to us.
And about the many sores of humanity that this pandemic has exacerbated.
Definitely about this, ”said Peskov.
He noted that Putin will not personally travel to New York, since the epidemiological situation in the United States has not yet leveled off.
After the president's participation in the video message and presidential aide Yuri Ushakov ends, the Russian delegation will be led by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Earlier, the Kremlin confirmed that a video speech by President Putin at the UN General Assembly is being prepared.