The first full-fledged negotiations between Putin and Trump: Ukraine is on the list of “pain points”
Negotiations between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump began in Helsinki. This is the first full-format summit meeting between the leaders of Russia and the United States. Previously, the presidents met at various international forums, the Kremlin press service emphasized.
"Of course, the time has come to discuss our bilateral relations in depth, including various 'pain points,'" Putin said at the beginning of the meeting, according to a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Trump noted the organization of the World Cup in Russia at a high level and expressed hope that relations between the United States and the Russian Federation will be able to change for the better. The American president recalled that Washington and Moscow control 90% of the world's nuclear potential.
As the Kremlin press service clarifies, Putin and Trump “intend to discuss ways to normalize and develop bilateral relations, current issues on the international agenda, in particular, the leaders plan to pay special attention to the situation in Ukraine, Syria and the Korean Peninsula, as well as the fight against terrorism "
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