WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will cling their first summit assembly on July 16 within the Finnish capital Helsinki to mend bilateral relations, the White House and the Kremlin introduced on Thursday.
The summit will take place four days after a NATO summit on July 11 and 12 in Brussels, Belgium, where Trump will meet leaders of US army allies. Trump plans to seek advice from London to satisfy British Prime Minister Theresa May on July 13.
The two leaders "will meet on July 16, 2018, in Helsinki, Finland," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders stated.
"The two leaders will discuss relations between the United States and Russia and a range of national security issues," Sanders stated in a observation.
In Moscow, the Kremlin press service stated Putin and Trump will discuss "the current state and prospects of further development of Russian-US relations and also vital issues of the international agenda."
Putin and Trump held their first talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany's Hamburg in July 2017. They had any other opportunity to hold negotiations right through the APEC summit in Vietnam in November 2017 but no full-fledged assembly took place.
The announcement of the date and venue of the summit follows a meeting between President Putin and US National Security Adviser John Bolton in Moscow the day past.
Putin's adviser Yuri Ushakov had stated the two leaders will meet in a 3rd nation.
The summit will include one-on-one talks between the presidents and conclude with a joint information convention, Ushakov stated, adding that the two leaders are expected to issue a joint observation after their assembly.
"Both President Trump and President Putin feel that it's important for these two leaders of these two critically important countries to get together and discuss their mutual problems and areas of co-operation," Bolton stated.
"It's something that I think both feel will contribute to improvements in the US-Russia bilateral relationship and in stability around the world," he added.
President Putin stated his assembly with Bolton had raised hopes for a full restoration of relations, which he admitted were not in the most efficient of shape.
Putin insisted Moscow had by no means sought confrontation and that, in his view, the poor state of relations was a result of fierce political confrontation within the US itself.
Relations between Washington and Moscow have hit lows not observed for the reason that Cold War over Russia's annexation of Crimea as well as disagreement over the Syrian warfare.
The summit with Putin also comes amid FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged Russian interference within the 2016 US election. Trump has been essential of the probe, denying any collusion and arguing that the Democrats will have to be investigated as an alternative.
Since assuming power, President Trump has sought to reinforce relations with Putin.
Trump stated this month that Russia will have to be re-admitted to the tough G-7 crew of industrialised international locations from which it was suspended after annexing Crimea in 2014.
Trump's summit with Putin is most probably to draw criticism from the President's home critics, who accuse him of currying favour with Putin, and jitter US allies, who fear Trump will take a less hawkish place with Russia on problems such as the annexation of Crimea and army workout routines near the Russian border in eastern Europe, CNN reported.
The summit will take place four days after a NATO summit on July 11 and 12 in Brussels, Belgium, where Trump will meet leaders of US army allies. Trump plans to seek advice from London to satisfy British Prime Minister Theresa May on July 13.
The two leaders "will meet on July 16, 2018, in Helsinki, Finland," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders stated.
"The two leaders will discuss relations between the United States and Russia and a range of national security issues," Sanders stated in a observation.
In Moscow, the Kremlin press service stated Putin and Trump will discuss "the current state and prospects of further development of Russian-US relations and also vital issues of the international agenda."
Putin and Trump held their first talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany's Hamburg in July 2017. They had any other opportunity to hold negotiations right through the APEC summit in Vietnam in November 2017 but no full-fledged assembly took place.
The announcement of the date and venue of the summit follows a meeting between President Putin and US National Security Adviser John Bolton in Moscow the day past.
Putin's adviser Yuri Ushakov had stated the two leaders will meet in a 3rd nation.
The summit will include one-on-one talks between the presidents and conclude with a joint information convention, Ushakov stated, adding that the two leaders are expected to issue a joint observation after their assembly.
"Both President Trump and President Putin feel that it's important for these two leaders of these two critically important countries to get together and discuss their mutual problems and areas of co-operation," Bolton stated.
"It's something that I think both feel will contribute to improvements in the US-Russia bilateral relationship and in stability around the world," he added.
President Putin stated his assembly with Bolton had raised hopes for a full restoration of relations, which he admitted were not in the most efficient of shape.
Putin insisted Moscow had by no means sought confrontation and that, in his view, the poor state of relations was a result of fierce political confrontation within the US itself.
Relations between Washington and Moscow have hit lows not observed for the reason that Cold War over Russia's annexation of Crimea as well as disagreement over the Syrian warfare.
The summit with Putin also comes amid FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged Russian interference within the 2016 US election. Trump has been essential of the probe, denying any collusion and arguing that the Democrats will have to be investigated as an alternative.
Since assuming power, President Trump has sought to reinforce relations with Putin.
Trump stated this month that Russia will have to be re-admitted to the tough G-7 crew of industrialised international locations from which it was suspended after annexing Crimea in 2014.
Trump's summit with Putin is most probably to draw criticism from the President's home critics, who accuse him of currying favour with Putin, and jitter US allies, who fear Trump will take a less hawkish place with Russia on problems such as the annexation of Crimea and army workout routines near the Russian border in eastern Europe, CNN reported.
Putin-Trump summit on July 16 in Helsinki: Kremlin
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