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Officials have ruled out a Obama-Putin meet on June 6 but the world’s two most powerful leaders are likely to cross paths in Paris.
The move comes as Moscow is seeking to advance talks over the placement of Glonass stations in the United States.
A meeting of Russian, EU and Ukrainian officials was held in Berlin on Friday to settle the gas dispute.
But Argentina's foreign minister says Buenos Aires is "interested in developing relations with BRICS in international politics".
Kiev needs to "negotiate" with the "protestors", said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Moscow has said it is ready for dialogue with new Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko.
China's Defence ministry said Japanese planes had carried out "dangerous" actions during its joint maritime exercises with Russia.
Putin called the Chinese “serious negotiators” but “reliable partners” who drove a hard bargain during Putin’s two-day visit to China this week.
Moscow had repeatedly warned that “extremists and terrorists call the tune increasingly in different Syrian regions.”
Putin said he would push for "further strengthening cooperation between Russia and China in combatting all types of terrorism and extremism”.
