The meeting of Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on the G20 sidelines in Argentina is scheduled for December 1, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th November, 2018) The meeting of Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on the G20 sidelines in Argentina is scheduled for December 1, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters Wednesday."December 1, Saturday, this day begins... with a breakfast with [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel, then bilateral meetings include a conversation with Trump," Ushakov said, adding that the parties agreed on the venue and time for the meeting.
"The conversation with Trump consists of two parts: tete-a-tete and with participation of the key delegation members," he said, adding that the nature and duration of the Putin-Trump talks would depend only on the Russian and US leaders themselves.
Ushakov said the meeting had been prepared by the Russian, US administrations, and stressed that therefore, the information on it should be made public through these channels, not through media. The Kremlin aide said both Moscow and Washington had the same need for the meeting of the two leaders.
He said Putin and Trump would discuss bilateral issues, including ways to take the relations out of the deadlock and normalize ties, as well as international issues. The conversation could become a continuation of their dialogue in Helsinki and could touch upon efforts to ensure stability and disarmament.
The presidential aide said it was important for Putin and Trump to discuss modernization of the international security system given the US planned withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
"The next thing is, of course, regional problems � the fight against terrorism. Here, by the way, some things coincide in the two countries' positions, and we are confident that the presidents will also touch upon, say, the Syrian conflict, the Iranian nuclear program, the Korean problem. They could also [discuss] the recent events in the Kerch Strait," Ushakov said.
