Meeting of Putin and Trump in Alaska on August 15 — what is known, the latest news

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his American counterpart Donald Trump on August 15. This will be the seventh meeting of the leaders of the two countries. Today, the attention of the whole world is focused on this event. What time the negotiations will begin, what the heads of state will discuss, and what forecasts experts give for the outcome of the summit are in the Izvestia article.

Where will the meeting take place

The talks will take place in one of the premises of the Elmendorf-Richardson Joint Military Base in Anchorage, which is the largest in Alaska. This will be the Russian leader's first trip to the peninsula and Putin's first meeting with Trump after the latter's election for a second presidential term. In total, the leaders of the two countries met six times.

Putin will be accompanied on the trip by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Presidential aides for Investment and economic cooperation with Foreign countries Kirill Dmitriev and Foreign Policy Yuri Ushakov. The first plane carrying Russian representatives has already flown to Alaska to prepare for the summit.

US President Donald Trump's flight from Washington to Alaska is scheduled for Friday morning, White House press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News on August 14.

When will the negotiations begin

According to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, negotiations will begin at 11:30 a.m. local time (22:30 a.m. Moscow time). The conversation will take place one-on-one with the participation of translators.

Then the negotiations will continue over a working breakfast as part of the delegations. A press conference of the heads of state is scheduled afterwards.

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What Putin and Trump will discuss

According to Russian and American sources, the central topic of the meeting will be the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, including the territorial issue. In addition, experts believe that issues related to the normalization of diplomatic relations, the easing of anti-Russian sanctions and economic cooperation between the parties will also be raised at the talks.

According to The Telegraph, the American leader can offer Putin a number of economic incentives. In particular, the development of rare earth minerals in Alaska. Another proposal by Trump may concern lifting the ban on the supply of spare parts and equipment for servicing civil aviation aircraft in Russia.

Earlier, Donald Trump stated that after meeting with the Russian president, he wants to hold trilateral talks with the participation of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. At the same time, the US president said that today's meeting would be a trial, and the final stage of the settlement, according to him, should be a personal meeting between Vladimir Putin and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.

The American leader also warned that Russia would face consequences if it rejected the Ukraine deal. But the head of the White House did not specify exactly what consequences are implied.

Despite the tense situation, both sides expressed the hope that the summit would give a new impetus to the normalization of relations between the two countries and would contribute to their development.

The day before, the Russian president discussed the upcoming summit with representatives of the Cabinet of Ministers and the country's top leadership. The Head of State noted that the American side is making energetic and sincere efforts to stop the fighting and reach agreements that would satisfy the interests of all parties involved in the conflict and contribute to the creation of long-term peace conditions.

Forecasts for the outcome of the meeting

Experts believe that the meeting in Alaska may indicate that the United States and Russia are ready for gradual interaction and high-level dialogue. However, we are talking not only about the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but also about energy and many other issues, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview with PragerU. He stressed that the agreements reached will directly determine what the world will look like in the future.

Meanwhile, there is a risk that if European countries and Ukraine do not like the agreements that may be reached during the negotiations, the United States will put pressure on Europe by refusing to participate in the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.

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In addition, one should not lose sight of the desire of the Kiev regime and the European leaders who condone it to sabotage attempts to somehow get closer to resolving the Ukrainian crisis, Ilya Kravchenko, adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), Candidate of Political Sciences, said in an interview with Izvestia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in turn, said it would be a mistake to "get ahead of ourselves" and predict the results of the Alaska talks now. He also said that there are no plans to sign any documents following the summit of the presidents of Russia and the United States.

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