Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin had decided to cancel his visit to Paris scheduled for October 19, TASS reported.

“The president has made a decision to cancel this visit to Paris. The case is that certain events linked to the opening of a Russian cultural center and holding exhibitions had been scheduled. Unfortunately, these events fell out of the program and that’s why the president decided that now the visit to the French Republic will be cancelled,” Peskov said.

When asked to comment on why the opening of the cultural center and exhibitions “fell out” of the program in Paris, Peskov said it is up to the French side to answer the question.