Date and Location Set for President Trump to Meet Russia's Putin
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16 in Helsinki, Finland.
The two leaders will discuss relations between the United States and Russia and a range of national security issues.
While in Moscow today, Ambassador Bolton is meeting with President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials to discuss United States-Russia relations, as well the potential for a Presidential meeting.
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 27, 2018
"John Bolton is over there," Trump said. "I just saw he had met with President Putin. I haven't got the full report yet." Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will also meet with Russian leaders in the next two weeks to plan the summit.
Officials said the summit will focus on bilateral relations, Syria and arms-control issues. The meeting could also be a chance to repair relations between the US and Russia.
"I hope we can today discuss what both sides could do to restore full-fledged relations on the basis of equality and respect for each other's interests," said Putin.
President Trump tweeted Thursday morning, "Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!"
Trump recently said Russia should be reinstated back into the G7 after the country was expelled in 2014 for capturing Crimea from Ukraine and declaring the region to be part of Russia.
"You know, whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run," Trump said. "And in the G-7, which used to be the G-8, they threw Russia out. They should let Russia come back in because we should have Russia at the negotiating table."
