Trump, Putin to meet on July 16 in Helsinki
WASHINGTON — US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold a summit on July 16 in Helsinki, the Kremlin and the White House said on Thursday (June 28), firming up the place and date for a meeting that had already been agreed on.
US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold a summit on July 16 in Helsinki.
WASHINGTON — US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold a summit on July 16 in Helsinki, the Kremlin and the White House said on Thursday (June 28), firming up the place and date for a meeting that had already been agreed on.
"The two leaders will discuss relations between the United States and Russia and a range of national security issues," the White House said in a statement.
Mr Trump had said on Wednesday the meeting would likely take place after a July 11-12 summit of Nato leaders and that the Finnish capital was a possible venue.
Moscow and Washington announced the time and place of the meeting simultaneously.
The two countries struck a deal on Wednesday to hold a summit soon.
Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov, speaking after Mr Putin met US National Security Adviser John Bolton in the Kremlin, said the summit would take place in a mutually convenient third country and that several more weeks were needed to prepare for it. REUTERS
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