Trump and Putin to meet in Anchorage – White House

The US president announced last week that the summit would be held in Alaska, but the exact location has been unknown until now

The city of Anchorage, Alaska will host Friday’s summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, according to the White House. Trump earlier announced that the meeting would be held in the biggest US state, but the exact location remained unknown until now.

“Many sites” were discussed as potential hosting venues for the meeting, according to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. Trump is “very honored” that a US state was eventually chosen as the meeting place and he “looks forward hosting President Putin on American soil,” she told journalists during a briefing in Washington.

The schedule for Friday is still being “ironed out,” Leavitt said. She added that the US is working closely with Russia on the issue. Earlier on Tuesday, Moscow revealed that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio by phone to discuss “some aspects” of the upcoming summit, but did not provide any details about their conversation.

The much anticipated talks are expected to cover a potential roadmap for resolving the Ukraine conflict.

The meeting comes following three-hour talks between Putin and the US president’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow last week.

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