MOSCOW, June 30, 2018 (BSS/TASS) – Russian and US Presidents Vladimir
Putin and Donald Trump will discuss a number of complex issues during their
meeting in Helsinki on July 16, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov
said on Friday.
According to the Kremlin spokesman, thorough preparations are underway for
the Helsinki summit. “The meeting is highly anticipated by many, there will
be a very serious conversation about very complex issues,” Peskov stressed.
When asked about Putin’s schedule during the July 16 summit, Peskov noted,
“Too early to talk about it yet, work to agree it is in progress.”
Finland’s capital of Helsinki was chosen as a location of the upcoming
summit, he said. “Probably, this location was more preferable for both sides
in logistic terms,” Peskov said.
Moscow and Washington have earlier announced that the two countries’
leaders will meet in Helsinki on July 16. Trump and Putin will discuss “the
current state and prospects of further development of Russian-US relations
and also vital issues of the international agenda,” the Kremlin press service
said.
Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will discuss a
number of complex issues during their meeting in Helsinki on July 16, Russian
Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
According to the Kremlin spokesman, thorough preparations are underway for
the Helsinki summit. “The meeting is highly anticipated by many, there will
be a very serious conversation about very complex issues,” Peskov stressed.
When asked whether the Kremlin believes Trump is ready to take certain
steps towards rapprochement with Russia during the upcoming talks in Helsinki
despite the risk of growing criticism in his country, Peskov recalled that
“President Putin has said from the very beginning that Russia is interested
and is ready to develop relations and embark on the path of normalizing
relations with the US to the extent our American counterparts are ready to do
so.”