Vladimir Putin and Donald trump
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HAMBURG, July 8. /TASS/. On the first day of work at the G20 summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the opening session of the group of twenty, held on the sidelines of the meeting of BRICS leaders, and also held several bilateral meetings. The most expected was the meeting with the US President Donald trump, which lasted more than two hours.
First contact
The main meeting of the Russian and American leaders was preceded by a brief meeting “on his feet”. Trump first came to Putin before the informal meeting of the leaders at the summit of “twenty”. Video of the moment captured by the photographer of the German delegation, published in the social network, the official representative of the Cabinet of Germany Steffen Seibert.
The footage shows how the leaders in waiting will all gather for a meeting, talking in one of the halls of the Congress centre. Putin spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, when he was approached by trump. The President, turning to his American counterpart, shook his hand. The President of the USA second hand, as a friend, took Putin under his elbow.
As reported the press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, during this brief communication Putin and trump confirmed that later today they will hold a separate meeting.
Longer than planned
The main meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States lasted much longer than planned: instead of the allotted thirty minutes to an hour, the leaders talked for 2 hours and 15 minutes.