Russia says no Medvedev-BP meeting planned yet

HUNTSVILLE, Ontario, June 26 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has no meeting planned with BP's Chief Executive Tony Hayward, who is under fire over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

The Financial Times reported on June 20 that Hayward was planning to travel to Russia to reassure Medvedev that the oil major was not on the brink of collapse after its spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

'At the present time, there is no meeting (with Hayward) in the president's schedule,' Kremlin spokeswoman Natalya Timakova told reporters at the end of a two-day Group of Eight summit in a lakeside resort north of Toronto.

Medvedev said earlier this month that the oil spill could threaten the survival of BP, which has a lucrative joint venture, TNK-BP, in Russia.

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