“The meeting of US President Donald Trump and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin is scheduled for 11:30 pm on August 15 (10:30 pm Kyiv time), together with the Kremlin head in the United States will fly another 5 representatives of the Russian Federation, Putin’s assistant Yuri Ushakov said.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Russian propaganda agency RIA Novosti
Direct language Ushakov: “The meeting of Putin and Trump will begin in Anchorii at Alaska at 11:30 in local time. The central theme of Putin and Trump’s meeting will settle the Ukrainian crisis (so the Russians call them a war against Ukraine – ed.).”
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Details: He added that the preparation of the meeting is at the final stage – they have already agreed on its program.
According to Ushakov, Trump and Putin will first hold a TET-A-TET meeting and then with the participation of delegations.
Together with the Kremlin head, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russian Defense Minister Andriy Bilousov, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Head of Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev and Ushakov will fly to the United States.
According to the Kremlin’s assistant, Putin and Trump will hold a joint press conference as a result of the negotiations.
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Prehistory:
- On August 15, the US President Donald Trump and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin will meet at the united military base of Elmandorf-Richardson in Ancoryage, Alaska.
- The White House stated that the initiative to hold the meeting came from the Russian side.
- The US President expects his meeting with the Kremlin’s master will be “good”, but does not exclude negative results.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the summit on Alaska is not a victory for the Kremlin and should not be perceived as Putin’s concession. According to him, the meeting will be familiar in nature, during which Trump wants to give his own assessment of the situation “looking at this person in the eye.” At the same time, Rubio acknowledged that the negotiations will be difficult because “this war is very important for Putin.”
- Later, The Telegraph reported that Trump plans to offer Putin a number of economic incentives, including access to Alaska’s natural resources and partial withdrawal of sanctions from the Russian aviation industry in exchange for the war against Ukraine.
- The media also wrote that Trump stated to European leaders that during a meeting with the ruler of Russia, Vladimir Putin would not speak with him about the territories of Ukraine on August 15, but would insist on an unconditional cease to stop the fire.