President Barack Obama formally canceled a much-discussed visit to Moscow next month for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing a lack of progress in bilateral relations since Putin regained the presidency a year ago. Obama will still attend a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg in early September, but now will go to Sweden beforehand instead of stopping in Moscow to meet with Putin, the White House announced. "Following a careful review begun in July, we have reached the conclusion that there is not enough recent progress in our bilateral agenda with Russia to hold a U.S.-Russia Summit in early September," a White House statement said.
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Source: No Obama-Putin bilateral meeting planned for the G-20 summit
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President Obama also will not go to Moscow before G-20 next month
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Russia says it is disappointed about the canceled Obama-Putin talks
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A lack of progress in the bilateral agenda is the reason, the White House says
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