‘We
have lots to discuss’: Putin & Trump meet at G20 summit in
Osaka
RT,
28
June, 2019
US
President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin
have gathered for long-awaited face-to face talks at the G20 Summit,
as the two countries face the lowest level of trust in each other in
decades.
Flanked
by their diplomatic teams, Trump and Putin made brief statements to
the press before shaking hands and beginning closed-door talks.
Trump
said the agenda would include trade and disarmament, expressing
confidence that “a lot of very positive things are going to come
out of the relationship” with Russia.
“We
have lots to discuss,” Trump added.
Putin
noted that while the two leaders hadn’t spoken face-to-face since
the Helsinki summit last summer, US and Russian officials have been
consulting with one another over the past year. The meeting in Osaka,
Putin remarked, will allow the two leaders to “follow up” on
discussions that have been taking place over the past 12 months.
Their
comments were followed by a barrage of questions from journalists,
with one reporter asking Trump if he would press Putin on alleged
Russian meddling in US elections.
“Yes,
of course I will,” President Trump responded. He then pointed at
the Russian leader and said: “Don’t meddle in the election.”
Putin smiled back.
While
the Mueller report found no evidence that Trump “colluded” with
the Kremlin, his meeting with Putin has predictably caused mass
pandemonium among diehard Russiagaters.
The
gathering raised further suspicion among Trump’s most vocal critics
after the president told a reporter that he would have a “good
conversation” with Putin, but what they will discuss is “none of
her business.”
The
gathering raised further suspicion among Trump’s most vocal critics
after the president told a reporter that he would have a “good
conversation” with Putin, but what they will discuss is “none of
her business.”
In
an interview with the Financial Times before the meeting, Putin said
he remained cautiously optimistic about the bilateral talks, while
acknowledging that US-Russia relations have become “more dramatic
and explosive.”
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