First ever visit to Alaska by a Russian leader, including the times of the Russian Empire and the USSR
Putin and Trump: Key Details on Upcoming Summit Negotiations
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.
I have asked you to gather today to brief you on the progress of negotiations regarding the Ukraine crisis and the bilateral talks with the Ukrainian delegation. Many of those present are already broadly aware of the situation, but I will provide more detailed information. That is the first matter.
Second, I will update you on the current stage of our engagement with the present US administration, which, as everyone knows, has been making what I consider to be fairly vigorous and sincere efforts to halt hostilities, resolve the crisis, and reach agreements that serve the interests of all parties involved in this conflict. The aim is to establish long-term conditions for peace not only between our countries but also in Europe and indeed globally – especially if we proceed to subsequent stages involving agreements on strategic offensive arms control.
That is what I would like to say by way of introduction.
Russian-American Alaska Summit Program
The program looks as follows (Tass News Agency) – Putin and Trump will meet in the morning at 11:30 local time (22:30 Moscow time). They will begin face-to-face communication in the presence of the translators only. Then the negotiations will continue over a working breakfast. At this point, the leaders will be joined by delegations. It was decided that only a handful of people would be added – five on each side, given that “very important topics of a sensitive nature” would be discussed.
Besides Putin, Russia will be represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Ushakov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and president’s special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries Kirill Dmitriev. A group of experts will always be on alert.
The upcoming Russian-American Alaska Summit does not have a strict time frame. As Ushakov said, the time when the negotiations will end will depend on how the discussion goes.
Putin and Trump will brief media about the results of their talks at a joint press conference.
All rooms in Anchorage hotels are booked.
August 15, 2025
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