Putin emphasises solidarity with Europe during trip to Scotland
Mr Putin was touring Scotland’s capital as part of the first Russian state visit to Britain since 1874. In a speech to an invited audience made up of guests from the scientific, academic, business, medical, administration and art sectors of Scotland at Edinburgh’s Signet Library, he spoke of wide-ranging problems facing the world.
Listing issues such as threats of ethnic conflict, organised crime, international terrorism, mass epidemics and weapons of mass destruction, he said the best way to respond was through solidarity.
