MOSCOW: Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will focus on the “large untapped potential” for Russia-US financial ties in addition to the prospects for ending the conflict in Ukraine once they meet in Alaska on Friday (Aug 15), Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov stated.
Ushakov advised reporters that the summit would begin at 7.30pm GMT (3.30am, Saturday morning, Singapore time), with the 2 leaders assembly one-on-one, accompanied solely by translators.
He stated delegations from the 2 nations would then meet and have a working lunch, and the presidents would give a joint information convention.
Trump and Putin agreed final week to carry the assembly – the primary summit between their nations since Putin met Joe Biden in June 2021 – because the US president presses for an finish to the 3-1/2-year-old conflict in Ukraine.
Ushakov stated it was “apparent to everybody” that Ukraine could be the main focus of the assembly, however broader safety and worldwide points would even be mentioned.
He added: “An trade of views is predicted on additional creating bilateral cooperation, together with within the commerce and financial sphere. I wish to notice that this cooperation has large, and sadly hitherto untapped, potential.”
Ushakov, who’s Putin’s international coverage adviser, stated the opposite members of the Russian delegation could be International Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s particular envoy for funding and financial cooperation.
