MOSCOW, Russia, June 29 (NNN-ITAR TASS) – Talks between Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and U.S. President, Donald Trump at the ongoing G20 summit in Japan covered multiple issues, in a positive and constructive atmosphere, despite their pressing differences, the Kremlin said, Friday.
“In general, the two countries demonstrated the mood to establish a dialogue on all issues, including the controversial,” Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, was quoted by RIA Novosti news agency.
He said that, Putin and Trump discussed Syria, particularly the developments in Idlib, and the position of Turkey in this context. They also spoke extensively on disarmament and strategic stability.
Peskov said that the time constraints did not allow an in-depth exchange of views, but the parties managed to state that, the level of bilateral trade and economic relations did not match the potential of the two countries and “agreed to see what factors prevent the horizons of trade and economic exchange from expanding.”
According to Peskov, the presidents agreed this discussion should be continued in a more specific vein, between Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, as well as, between Russian Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov and U.S. Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin.
Putin invited Trump, next year, to attend the festivities of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Moscow, which the U.S. president accepted, Peskov said.
Putin and Trump talked for about one-and-a-half hours, according to media reports.
According to a White House pool report, the two leaders reviewed the state of bilateral relationship and agreed that improved relations were “in each country’s mutual interest and the interest of the world.”– NNN-ITAR TASS
