Putin, Trump Ready to Talk, Will Discuss Most Difficult Issues
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are ready and intend to talk, they will discuss the most difficult issues at the upcoming talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
The meeting place for Putin and Trump on Friday will be the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage. The start of the negotiations is scheduled for 11.30 a.m. local time (19:30 GMT).
“President Putin and President Trump intend to talk, they are ready to talk and will discuss the most difficult issues,” Peskov told reporters.
The leaders will outline the range of agreements and understandings that they will be able to reach at the summit, Peskov said.
“Such mutual political will is in short supply now. We see that we probably will not get an adequate response, for example, from the Europeans,” Peskov added.
The Russian delegation at the Alaska summit will be representative and large, Peskov concluded.
Preparations for the summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump took place in a short time frame, but all parameters were met, Dmitry Peskov said.
“The preparations really took place in a very, very short time frame. Nevertheless, they were completed, all the necessary parameters were met,” Peskov told reporters.