Bolton next week will meet in Geneva with his Russian counterpart
WASHINGTON, August 14. /TASS/ Press Secretary of U.S. President Sarah Sanders did not specify with whom trump’s assistant on national security will hold talks.
Assistant to the President for national security John Bolton next week will hold a meeting in Geneva with representatives of Ukraine and Israel, as well as with his Russian counterpart. This was announced on Tuesday, the press Secretary of the White house Sarah Sanders during a regular press briefing.
Bolton will meet in Geneva with representatives of Israel and Ukraine, as well as with his Russian counterpart in the development of the summit in Helsinki to discuss a number of important issues relating to national security.Sarah Interpress Secretary of the White house
Earlier in the Russian security Council announced plans to organize a meeting with Secretary Nikolai Patrushev of Bolton, but did not specify the date and venue of the consultation. June 27, first Deputy Secretary of the Russian security Council Yury Averyanov held in Moscow negotiations with Bolton, which discussed the prospects of cooperation between Russia and the United States on the line of the security Councils of the two countries.
16 July in the Helsinki talks of Vladimir Putin and Donald trump. It was the first full-format Russian-American summit since the election trump President of the United States in 2016. Prior to that, contacts between the two leaders was held on the sidelines of multilateral meetings.
Commenting on Moscow’s opinion on the outcome of this summit, press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov declared that Russia retains hope for building a constructive relationship with the United States and other Western countries, but regrets that often does not meet the reciprocity in this matter.