Leonid Slutsky
Meeting of presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump will help to open a constructive relationship with Moscow and Washington, according to the Chairman of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky. His words are in the statement, received by the editors”.ru” on Tuesday, July 4.
“Following the meeting, you may receive a more serious understanding concerning cooperation on the situation in Syria, and also in the sphere of combating international terrorism in General,” — said the MP.
According to him, on White house policy affects still “promoted by the administration [Barack] Obama’s anti-Russian the flywheel”. Slutsky expressed hope that the two leaders in person will be able to build a fruitful dialogue.
Earlier Tuesday, the assistant to the President Yuri Ushakov said that Putin will meet with trump on the first day of the G20 — 7 July.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that we are talking about a real meeting and not negotiations in the format of “feet.” The two leaders may discuss, in addition to bilateral relations, the crisis in Ukraine and the situation in Syria.
The arrangement of the meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States on the sidelines of the summit, which will take place in Hamburg on 7-8 July, the Kremlin confirmed at the end of June.