Putin’s comments about possible location for Trump meeting felt like a strong hint
By Ivor Bennett, Moscow correspondent
At this stage, the most likely location for the Trump-Putin meeting is the United Arab Emirates.
Vladimir Putin met the country’s president in the Kremlin today, and afterwards said it would be a “suitable location”.
It felt like a strong hint.
And the UAE certainly makes sense.
It’s played mediator for a number of the prisoner swaps between Russia and Ukraine; it has good relations with the US (and was one of Trump’s stops on his recent Middle East tour); and most importantly for Moscow, it’s not a member of the International Criminal Court.
So, Vladimir Putin doesn’t have to worry about being arrested.