MOSCOW, June 2. /TASS/. About 20,000 people from more than 100 countries will attend this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin will deliver a keynote address at the SPIEF plenary session, he noted.

For the first time in several years, the United States will send an official delegation to the forum, Ushakov said..

TASS collected the key statements made by the Russian presidential aide.

Putin's SPIEF agenda