On November 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin will
hold the final round of a series of meetings with the Defense
Ministry leadership and depart for Peru to take part in the APEC
summit, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told
reporters.
"Tomorrow the president will complete the current series of
meetings on defense issues," Peskov said.
"Tomorrow night the president will fly to Lima to take part in
the APEC summit scheduled for Saturday and Sunday," the Kremlin
spokesman noted.
Peskov added that on Thursday, another meeting on defense issues
is being held with the participation of Prime Minister Dmitry
Medvedev. Later on Thursday Vladimir Putin will convene an
operational meeting with the permanent members of the national
Security Council.