A meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump could take place in Budapest, presidential aide Yury Ushakov has said<\/p>\n
Russia and the US will immediately start preparing for the next meeting between the countries\u2019 presidents, Vladimir Putin\u2019s aide, Yury Ushakov, has said.
\nThe comments come after US President Donald Trump announced a potential summit following a phone call with the Russian leader earlier on Thursday.
\nThe first conversation between the two leaders in almost two months lasted nearly two and a half hours, according to Ushakov, who described the conversation as \u201cvery useful.\u201d
\nThe sides \u201chave agreed that representatives of the two nations would start working on a new summit without delay,\u201d the official told journalists, adding that it could be held in Budapest. Earlier, Trump also mentioned the Hungarian capital as the host city for the potential meeting.
\nAccording to Ushakov, Moscow expects US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold a phone call \u201cin the coming days\u201d to discuss preparations for the summit.<\/p>\n
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Trump suggested Budapest as the meeting place, the official said, adding that Putin immediately supported the idea.
\nHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country is ready to host the summit and called the planned meeting \u201cgreat news for the peace-loving people of the world.\u201d
\nTrump described his phone call with Putin \u201cvery productive,\u201d adding that \u201cgreat progress was made\u201d during the conversation. According to the US president, high-level talks between the two nations\u2019 delegations are also expected next week.
\nPutin and Trump last met in mid-August in Alaska. It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two since 2019. Both leaders called the summit productive, although no breakthrough was achieved.
\nThe dialogue that began at the Alaska summit continues, Lavrov said on Wednesday, adding that the two nations can still \u201cdo much\u201d on the basis of understandings reached at the meeting. Russia is still waiting for a US response to its Ukraine peace roadmap presented in Alaska, according to the foreign minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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