They added that a press conference will begin soon following the results of negotiations. They lasted 2 hours 45 minutes, RIA Novosti propagandists clarify.
We are talking about negotiations in the three -to three format, writes Reuters. In addition to Putin and Trump, they were attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Putin's assistant Yuri Ushakov, from the American side – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump's Special Supervisor Steve Witkoff.
The negotiator of Putin Kirill Dmitriev told Interfax that negotiations were good. According to Bloomberg, this is the longest meeting of Trump and Putin.
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Seventh meeting Trump and Putin are taking place in Alaska. The US President was the first to fly to the Elmandorf air base, Putin sat there a few minutes before the Summit began. Predict that negotiations that began at 22.00 in Kyiv, will last up to six hours. The media, having analyzed the language of the bodies of Putin and Trump, noted that they met as old friends.
The US President said before the meeting that he wanted to achieve a ceasefire in the Russian-Ukrainian war. “I want to quickly see the ceasefire … I will not be satisfied if this does not happen today,” he said on board the aircraft after departure to Alaska on August 15.
