„It’s fitting that discussions of global importance take place here,“ Mike Dunleavy said in an X post.
Alaska is the „most fitting“ location for the summit between presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the state’s governor has said.
Mike Dunleavy posted on X that Alaska’s location, which at its closest point is only 2 miles from Russia, makes it „the most strategic location“ for the leaders to discuss the war in Ukraine on August 15.
Russian media also welcomed the location for Putin, who will make his first visit to the U.S. for a decade.Why It Matters
A U.S. location has allowed Trump to make a bold announcement and act as host for an event with potentially significant geopolitical consequences.
Alaska was once a part of the Russian empire before it was sold to the U.S. by Tsar Alexander II for $7.2 million in 1867 and Russian media, which have discussed Moscow trying to recapture it, have noted the symbolism of the Arctic state’s location for a summit.
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Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda called the choice „logical“ given the countries‘ common economic interests in the Arctic and that unlike the various other venues broached, Putin runs no risk of being arrested under a warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the jurisdiction of which the U.
