US President Trump meets with Russian President Putin in Alaska
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Alaska for talks with US President Donald Trump on Ukraine, Russian Interfax news agency reported on Friday.
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US President Donald Trump greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin with a handshake ahead of a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday that could determine whether a ceasefire can be reached in the deadliest war in Europe since World War Two.
Asked what would make the meeting a success, he told reporters aboard Air Force One: 'I can't tell you that. I don't know. There's nothing set in stone. I want certain things. I want a ceasefire.'
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US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin began their meeting on Friday in Alaska. The two leaders made no statements and took no questions as they sat side by side.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with other officials, are also present.
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US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would discuss nuclear treaties with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Alaska.
"One of the things I think we'll discuss, and again, it's about Ukraine, but we have nuclear treaties to discuss," Trump told Fox News' Bret Baier aboard Air Force One on his way to Alaska.
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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach an agreement on "probably the most significant" aspect of their meeting, but there was a very good chance of getting there.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his next meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump could take place in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the graves of Soviet pilots who died in Alaska during World War Two after concluding a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow had established good, direct contacts with U.S. President Donald Trump after a difficult period in the relationship between the two countries.
Putin, speaking after talks between the two leaders in Alaska, said Russia was sincerely interested in ending the conflict in Ukraine.
New consultations aimed at resolving points of tensions in bilateral relations between Russia and the United States will take place soon, Russia's ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, said on Saturday, according to RIA state news agency.
“Another round of consultations on normalization — which we refer to as addressing irritants in bilateral relations — is expected to take place in the near future," Darchiev said, RIA reported.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his next meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump could take place in Moscow.
"Next time in Moscow," Putin said in English, responding to Trump after the two leaders met in Alaska for a summit.
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