HAMBURG - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President
Donald Trump shook hands as they met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in the
German city of Hamburg on Friday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told
reporters.
"They shook hands and said that they would soon hold a separate
meeting and would see each other soon," Peskov said.
The talks, due to be held at Hamburg’s exhibition center in the
afternoon after a second working meeting of the G20, are expected to focus on
the Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts, the war on terror, strategic security and
bilateral issues.
Russia plans to raise the issue on the return of the two seized Russian
diplomatic compounds in Maryland and New York.
A possibility to arrange a personal meeting between Putin and Trump was
discussed during their first phone conversation in November last year after the
Republican candidate won the US presidential election. Late last January, the
two presidents held another phone conversation and it was announced that they
agreed to order working out the possible date and place of holding this
meeting. However, the process had been delayed for almost half a year.
(Sputnik)
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