Overview
- The address will be delivered during the formal presentation-of-credentials in the Alexandrovsky Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
- Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the remarks will focus on current foreign-policy issues and Putin’s assessment of the international situation.
- Putin will present views on relations with the represented countries and evaluate prospects for their development.
- According to the Kremlin, 34 newly appointed ambassadors will take part, including 10 from Europe, with envoys from France, Italy, Austria, Czechia, Portugal, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
- Participants also include representatives from Saudi Arabia, Israel, South Korea, Brazil, Egypt, Colombia and Cuba, and the Kremlin described the ceremony as important.