A senior aide to Vladimir Putin has shared details of the plans for the Russian leader’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Alaska tomorrow, saying the delegations would discuss the war in Ukraine and potential economic cooperation.
Yury Ushakov, Putin’s foreign policy aide, told reporters that the summit will be held at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson military site in Anchorage, Alaska, at 11.30 a.m. local time (3:30 p.m. ET) on Friday.
The presidents will first have a one-on-one conversation, with the help of interpreters, before continuing talks over a business lunch, according to Ushakov. He said the length of the talks “will depend on the presidents.”
Both the Russian and US delegations will be comprised of five members, with further groups of experts nearby, he said.
Ushakov said the teams are expected to focus on the settlement of the war in Ukraine, as well as prospects of cooperation between Russia and the US in trade and economic issues.
“Following the talks, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will hold a joint press conference, in which they will sum up the results of the negotiations,” Ushakov said.
The Russian delegation: As well as Ushakov, Russia’s team comprises Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Kirill Dmitriev, a senior negotiator and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund.
The aide also noted that the talks will be held near the burial site of Soviet pilots in Alaska.
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