Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov stated yesterday, Thursday, that the main topic for the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will be settlement. He added that the presidents will discuss issues of peace and security, in addition to the most pressing current issues on the international and regional agenda.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and the special representative of the Russian President for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev, are expected to participate.
The Kremlin and the White House had earlier announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump would meet in Alaska. Despite the variety of files expected to be discussed between the presidents, foremost among them the Ukrainian file, it is anticipated that issues could be among the possible understandings, especially in light of the intersecting interests of the two countries in the region, the impact of the Ukrainian crisis on the situation in the Middle East, as well as the Palestinian issue, which represents a focal point of tensions in the region.
Experts expect that if an understanding is reached between Putin and Trump in the near term, it might not be resolved from the first meeting on August 15.
