Russian Presidential Press Secretary peskov confirmed that Putin plans to attend Kenes's wedding on August 18. Peskov said that Putin paid a one-day visit to Austria in early June this year. When talking with Putin, Kneisl invited him to his wedding. "The President accepted (the invitation) with pleasure!" He said that Putin's attendance at the Austrian Foreign Minister's wedding is a private event, so there will be neither a protocol bureau nor a Kremlin press corps.

It is reported that the wedding of Kneisl and 65-year-old businessman Mellinger will be held in a vineyard in the southern state of Styria. Austrian news agency 16 said that Austrian Prime Minister Courtesy and Deputy Prime Minister Strach will also attend the wedding. Peskov said that the Kremlin will reveal what wedding gift Putin will give Kneisl later.

Kneisl is an outstanding Austrian scholar and foreign policy expert. After Courths became Austrian Prime Minister, she was elected as Foreign Minister. European and American media publicly called Kneisl a pro-Russian figure. After she became foreign minister, she visited Moscow, withstood the pressure of the United States and some European countries, and did not expel Russian diplomats because of the poisoning of former Russian agents.

Putin's move is unprecedented. Putin has always maintained close relations with former German Chancellor gerhard schroder and former Italian Prime Minister silvio berlusconi, but he has never established such close personal relations with foreign ministers. Russian experts believe that this is a sign of Russia-Austria friendship and also a support for the Austrian ruling party and its foreign minister.