“ The press secretary of the head of the Kremlin, Dmytro Peskov, confirmed that the meeting between Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump may take place within two weeks. Source: Russian “Interfax” with reference to the statement of the press secretary of the head of the Russian Federation. Peskov’s direct speech: “It can really happen within two weeks or a little later. It is a general understanding that there is no need to postpone anything in a long drawer.” Details: He did not say anything about where such a meeting might take place. Why it’s important: The day before, Trump and Putin had a phone conversation. Subsequently, the US president said that the countries will organize high-level talks next week, after which he will meet with the head of the Kremlin in Budapest. It is not yet clear how Putin, who has an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, will be able to get there, since to get to Hungary he will have to cross the airspace of the ICC member states that are required to execute the arrest warrant. Details: Peskov also reported that a telephone conversation between Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has already taken place. Earlier, Orban said that “the planned meeting between the American and Russian presidents is great news for all people on the planet who want peace” and added that his country has already started preparations for this meeting.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Illustrative photo from Getty images Source: Russian “Interfax” with reference to the statement of the press secretary of the head of the Russian Federation
Peskov’s direct speech: “It can really happen within two weeks or a little later. It’s a general understanding that you don’t need to put anything in the long drawer.”
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Details: He did not say anything about where such a meeting might take place.
Why is this important?: The day before, Trump and Putin had a telephone conversation. Subsequently, the US president said that the countries will organize high-level talks next week, after which he will meet with the head of the Kremlin in Budapest.
It is not yet clear how Putin, who has an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, will be able to get there, since to get to Hungary he will have to cross the airspace of the ICC member states that are required to execute the arrest warrant.
Details: Peskov also reported that a telephone conversation between Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had already taken place.
Earlier, Orban said that “the planned meeting between the American and Russian presidents is great news for all people on the planet who want peace” and added that his country has already started preparations for this meeting.