Trump, Putin to meet in Alaska at 11:30 local time… Our moment of Truth

The summit between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will begin at 11:30 local time (Alaska Daylight Time), and will kick off with a one-on-one conversation in which only interpreters will be present, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov announced on Thursday in a briefing. After the initial meeting, the parties will continue negotiations in the format of a working breakfast.”It is expected that everything will begin tomorrow, August 15, at approximately 11:30 local time (22:30 Moscow time/ 21:30 CET/ 15:30 ET) with a conversation between Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Donald Trump,” the diplomat said. “This conversation will take place in a tete-a-tete format.” Also, the agenda for the “businesslike” meeting has already been agreed upon, and one of the Elmendorf-Richardson Joint Military Base’s facilities will be used. Ushakov went on to say that the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis will be the main focus of the Putin-Trump summit, that the “5 to 5” formula will be used for the negotiations, and that the length of time the Russian and American leaders spend in talks will depend on how the conversation proceeds. Both leaders will appear together in front of the media to discuss the outcomes of the negotiations, he continued, and the Russian delegation will travel from Alaska to Russia right after the summit.

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