Russia can attend APEC meetings, says host United States

Russia volition beryllium invited to be meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bloc hosted by the United States adjacent year, a U.S. authoritative said connected Monday.

As "good stewards of APEC," the United States volition invitation Russia, which is simply a subordinate of the 21-country bloc, Matt Murray, a elder U.S. authoritative for APEC, told a media briefing successful Singapore.

Relations betwixt Washington and Moscow person deteriorated to their worst successful 60 years since Russia invaded Ukraine successful February, an enactment it justifies arsenic a "special subject operation," but which has prompted sanctions and condemnation from Western nations arsenic good arsenic countries similar Singapore.

At an APEC gathering hosted by Thailand successful May, representatives from the United States and immoderate different countries walked retired of a gathering successful protestation of Russia's actions successful Ukraine erstwhile Russian Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov was delivering remarks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin did not be a acme of the Group of 20 large economies successful Bali past period contempt an invitation from big Indonesia, which had resisted unit from Western countries to disinvite the person and adjacent expel Russia from the bloc.

Murray did not accidental if Putin would be adjacent year's APEC leaders' gathering successful San Francisco. The Russian person was represented by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov astatine the leaders' gathering hosted by Thailand past month.