Trump says will meet Putin at G-20 summit in Japan
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[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Japan later this month.
"I'll be meeting with Putin at the G-20," Trump told reporters at the White House.
The US leader said last month he would meet with Mr Putin at the G-20, but the Kremlin indicated at the time there was no agreement on a bilateral meeting.
Mr Trump's last formal one-on-one with Mr Putin was in Helsinki in July 2018, when the pair dismissed top aides for two hours of talks in a sharp break with standard diplomatic practice.
The US president previously met Mr Putin on the sidelines of a G-20 summit in mid-2017, under a cloud of rebuke for his reluctance to criticise the Russian leader over Moscow's meddling in the previous year's US elections.
Responding to a reporter's question, Mr Trump said it was "probably easier" for their next meeting to involve additional participants.
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"I think it is probably easier if we have people in the room, because you people don't trust anything," he told the journalists assembled in the Oval Office.
AFP
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