The Kremlin warns of a “big mistake” about the Trump-Putin summit and excludes the signing of any document
Dmitri Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian Presidency, in an interview at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg (Spief), June 7, 2024. Photo source: Kommersant Photo Agency / DDP USA / Profimedia
The Kremlin warned on Thursday that it would be “a big mistake” to be anticipated a result of the future summit in Alaska, which will be attended by US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the Russian news agency Interfax, according to Reuters and CNN, reported on Thursday.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, also said there are no plans to sign any document following the Alaska summit.
“President Putin and President Trump are ready to discuss and will address the most difficult issues,” he added.
Earlier during the day, the Kremlin announced that the program of the summit was agreed, and a bilateral meeting will take place between the two leaders.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday at 11.30 local time (22.30 Romanian time), Iuri Usakov announced on Thursday, Kremlin counselor.
Usakov said that the two leaders will first meet between four eyes, accompanied by translators.
Trump and Putin will meet first without counselors, then will hold a common press conference. The Kremlin is the one announcing the details of the Alaska summit
He added that the delegations of the two countries will meet afterwards, and the presidents will hold a common press conference.
The two leaders will discuss the “huge unexploited” enormous of the economic relations between Russia and the US, as well as the prospects for the conclusion of the War in Ukraine, the Russian official said.
Putin praises Trump before the summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the “sincere efforts” of the United States on Thursday to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine and suggested that Moscow and Washington could reach a new nuclear control agreement, AFP and Reuters have previously reported.
“The American administration (…) makes quite energetic and sincere efforts to end the struggles, to resolve the crisis and reach agreements that are in the interest of all the parties involved in the conflict,” Putin said at a Kremlin meeting with important Russian officials and from the army, regarding the preparations for the Summitul on Friday.
A little praise the US “sincere efforts” to get peace in Ukraine, before the Alaska summit / Kremlin leader leaves the door of a nuclear agreement with Washington
Putin has also stated that discussions with the United States aim to create “long -term conditions of peace between our countries, in Europe and all over the world, if we reach agreements in the field of offensive strategic weapons in the following stages.”
Russia and the United States have the largest arsenals of nuclear weapons in the world, notes Agerpres. The latest nuclear disarmament agreement between the two countries is the New Strategic (New Strategic Resuction) treaty, which is to expire on February 5, 2026.
