On August 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting following Russian-American negotiations.
The head of state informed the leadership of the Presidential Administration, the Government, the State Duma, ministries and departments about the results of the meeting in Anchorida.
Putin at the beginning of his speech noted that the visit was timely and very useful. We talked in almost all the areas of our interaction, but, of course, we talked about the possible resolution of the Ukrainian crisis on a fair basis. this kind at such a level.
, according to him, there was an opportunity to calmly, in detail to state the position of Russia.
The president expressed respect for the position of the American administration, which sees the need for an early termination of hostilities.
Vladimir Putin voiced readiness to resolve all issues with peaceful means.
“Of course, we had the opportunity to talk, talk About the genesis, about the reasons for this crisis, “Putin said, noting that the basis of the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict should be eliminated by the elimination of these reasons.
“ The conversation was very frank, substantial, and, in my opinion, this brings us closer to the right decisions, ”the President of the Russian Federation emphasized.
The event continued in a closed opening words regime.
Among the participants of the meeting-Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, head of AP Anton Vaino, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars Dmitry Medvedev, Secretary of the SB RF Sergey Shoigu, as well as Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, Presidential assistants, including Vladimir Medinsky, heads of the Central Bank, FSB, SVR, SVR, SVR, SVR, SVR, SVR, SVR, SVR, SVR, SVR The General Staff and Special Representative of the President for Investment and Economic Cooperation with foreign countries, the head of the RDPI Kirill Dmitriev.
-A meeting of the US and Russia Presidents
The meeting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was held on August 15 at the military base of Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorija, staff Alaska.
The negotiations lasted about 2 hours 45 minutes.
The meeting passed in the format of three by three. According to the White House, Trump, at a meeting with Putin, was accompanied by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the special representative of the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. Putin at the negotiations was accompanied by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the presidential assistant in foreign policy Yuri Ushakov.
the central topic of negotiations was the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.