Twarit Vishwa: US President Donald Trump to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin today
ABP News Bureau | 16 Jul 2018 10:47 AM (IST)
Trump and Putin have met twice before, during international summits last year in Germany and Vietnam.
But Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, says tomorrow's meeting "is really the first time for both presidents to actually sit across the table and have a conversation and I hope it's a detailed conversation about where we might be able to find some overlapping and shared interests."
Trump has said he will raise the issue of Russian election meddling with Putin, in addition to Syria, Ukraine, nuclear proliferation and other topics.
Congressional Democrats and at least one Republican have called on the president to pull out of the meeting unless he is willing to make Russian election-meddling a top issue for the summit. Huntsman said the meeting will go on, arguing that some international issues can't be solved with Russian engagement.
But Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, says tomorrow's meeting "is really the first time for both presidents to actually sit across the table and have a conversation and I hope it's a detailed conversation about where we might be able to find some overlapping and shared interests."
Trump has said he will raise the issue of Russian election meddling with Putin, in addition to Syria, Ukraine, nuclear proliferation and other topics.
Congressional Democrats and at least one Republican have called on the president to pull out of the meeting unless he is willing to make Russian election-meddling a top issue for the summit. Huntsman said the meeting will go on, arguing that some international issues can't be solved with Russian engagement.