Trump-putin meeting in Alaska: kremlin reveals program and delegation
The program for the meeting between US President Donald Trump and russian president vladimir putin in Alaska on July 15 has already been agreed.
Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov has reported this, quoted by russian publications RIA Novosti.
The bilateral meeting is expected to begin at around 10:30 p.m.Kyiv time and will be held face-to-face with the participation of translators. After that, the leaders will hold a joint press conference.
The main topic of the talks will be the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, as well as a discussion of current international and regional issues.
After the bilateral meeting, negotiations will be held with the participation of the US and russian delegations, five representatives from each side. The russian delegation will include:
- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,
- putin's aide Yuri Ushakov,
- Defense Minister Andrei Belousov,
- Finance Minister Anton Siluanov
- Head of the Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev.
Recall that Trump and putin will hold a bilateral meeting in Alaska on Friday, August 15.
According to Bloomberg, American and russian officials are working on an agreement before the meeting between Trump and Putin. It will allow russia to consolidate the occupation of several regions of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, American Senator Lindsey Graham believes that in order to end the war between russia and Ukraine, the parties will probably be forced to exchange some of the territories. At the same time, according to him, this is possible only after providing Kyiv with clear security guarantees.
Trump and putin will meet at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage, Alaska, although the United States would like to avoid this.
On August 13, Politico reported five demands from Ukraine for negotiations with the aggressor country russia.
On August 13, French President Emmanuel Macron said that US President Donald Trump considers it mandatory for Ukraine to participate in negotiations on territorial issues in any ceasefire agreement with russia.
US President Donald Trump, during a conversation with European leaders, said that Washington could provide security guarantees to Ukraine within the framework of a peaceful settlement, but not within the framework of NATO.
Trump threatened russia with serious consequences if negotiations with putin failed