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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney aboard Air Force One, 5/14/2012

Aboard Air Force One
En Route New York, New York

Q    There have been reports coming from Russia that the President will be skipping the APEC summit there in the fall.  Can you confirm that?  And do you worry at all about the perception that the relationship with Russia is getting a little tense there with Vladimir Putin back in power?

MR. CARNEY:  Well, I've addressed it a little bit in the past.  The President spoke with President Putin and will be meeting with President Putin at the G20 in Mexico and looks very much forward to that.  The fact of the matter is we have a comprehensive relationship with Russia that's built on working together in areas where we agree and that has borne significant successes, that approach, and then be very clear about where we disagree but not letting those disagreements undermine the overall relationship. 

And that was true under President Medvedev when Vladimir Putin was prime minister, and it will continue to be true now that Mr. Putin has returned to the presidency and Mr. Medvedev is now prime minister.

Q    Can you confirm he's skipping --

MR. CARNEY:  I'm not aware of any foreign travel that we’d be taking, with the exception of the Mexico trip, before November, but I’ll have to take the question.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/14/press-gaggle-press-secretary-jay-carney-aboard-air-force-one-5142012

Как уточняет "Интерфакс", ранее Карни заявлял, что возможный отказ Обамы от поездки во Владивосток никак не связан с решением президента РФ Владимира Путина не принимать участия в саммите "Большой восьмерки", который состоится в Кэмп-Дэвиде 18-19 мая.

http://www.lenta.ru/news/2012/05/14/ates/