Putin's birthday greetings TSN notes Trump's absence

Oct 7

TSN reports that Trump did not congratulate Putin on his seventy-fourth birthday yesterday, attributing the absence to Peskov. It relays Kim Jong Un's greeting calling Putin his dearest friend, Lukashenko's wishes for health and energy, an undisclosed written greeting from Xi and telephone greetings from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Armenia and India's leaders. The bulletin supplies no policy decisions or negotiating outcomes. These are TSN's occasion-linked list and framing.

Vremya reports birthday calls to Putin from leaders of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Armenia. It cites Peskov for unspecified other subjects and reports written greetings including China's president and international organizations. No identified negotiating result is supplied. TSN's October 8 retrospective attributes to Peskov that Trump did not send birthday congratulations, adds Kim Jong Un's greeting calling Putin his dearest friend, Lukashenko's wishes, Xi's undisclosed written message and calls including India's leader. Its list and framing are compatible additional coverage of the October 7 observances; no policy outcome is supplied.