President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet briefly at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, albeit only „on their feet,“ Kremlin…
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet briefly at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, albeit only „on their feet,“ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday, according to a Russian-state media outlet.
According to a translation of Peskov remarks, he said „all participants will intersect“ at the G-20, suggesting an encounter between Putin and Trump was inevitable at the gathering of world leaders in Buenos Aires. The Russian spokesman’s statement represented the latest twist in a back-and-forth between the Trump administration and their counterparts in Moscow.
The two world leaders were supposed to sit down for high-stakes talks at the summit, but Trump abruptly canceled that session via Twitter on Thursday, citing Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian ships and its crew members as his reason.
„Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from Russia, I have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously scheduled meeting in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin,“ Trump tweeted from Air Force One as he flew from Washington to the two-day G-20 summit in Argentina.
