U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo
CNN: Trump plans one-on-one meeting with Putin
President Donald Trump plans to meet one-on-one with Vladimir Putin at the start of their July 16 summit in Helsinki, Finland, according to a person familiar with the plans, before allowing other aides to join the highly anticipated encounter with the Russian leader.
The meeting will be the first formal summit talks between them. They have met previously on the sidelines of conferences.
Trump has shown an affinity for meeting individually with his counterparts before opening the room to fuller delegations. During his historic summit with Kim Jong Un last month, Trump met for about an hour with just the North Korean dictator, joined only by their translators.
Emerging from the face-to-face, Trump told reporters the discussion was "very, very good."
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WNU Editor: The Russians are OK with this type of meeting .... Kremlin: One-on-one meeting with Trump 'absolutely suits' Putin (CNN). In the meantime the top diplomats are talking to each other .... Russia, U.S. discuss preparations for Putin-Trump summit in Helsinki (Reuters)
More News On Reports That Before The Start Of Their Helsinki Summit, Presidents Putin And Trump Will Be Meeting With No Translators Or Aides
Trump planning one-on-one meeting with Putin without aides present: report -- The Hill
Trump, Putin will forego translators, aides for one-on-one meeting at start of Finland summit: Report -- Washington Examiner
Putin, Trump may have one-on-one talk at start of Helsinki summit -- TASS
