The two leaders discussed Syria, Iran, Ukraine and Venezuela
© Mikhail Metzel/TASS
OSAKA /Japan/, June 28. /TASS/. The meeting between the President of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, on the sidelines of the G20 summit lasted 80 minutes, TASS reports.
Earlier, it was suggested that the conversation will take up between 60 and 90 minutes.
G20 SUMMIT IN OSAKA
- BRICS leaders urge businesses to cooperate with governments to fight cyberterrorism
- Putin and Trump talk for 80 minutes in Osaka
- Russia backs Brazil’s initiatives to block terrorism financing
- Trump proposes trade, disarmament issues for Putin talks
Opening the meeting, both leaders noted that the meeting can become a great opportunity to talk about many issues that piled up and needed to be discussed. Donald Trump proposed discussing trade and disarmament issues. "It is a great honor to be with President Putin. His representatives, my representatives have many things to discuss, including trade and including some disarmament, little protectionism, perhaps," he said.
"I cannot but agree with the [US] President, we have something to talk about," Putin noted. "All the topics were set out, we have not seen each other in a while, since the Helsinki meeting (in July 2018 - TASS). It is true that our administrations worked and gave us a great opportunity to continue what we were agreeing on in Helsinki," Putin underlined."
Poster Comment:
BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.
(Don't mess with BRICKS!)
#1: BTP Holdings To: hondo68 (#0)
Since the 1860s when Lincoln's Ambassador to Russia convinced the Tzar to send the Russian Navy to New York Harbor and San Francisco Bay.
The British were considering entering the war on the side of the South. When they saw this they changed their minds. ;)
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