Putin, Trump order their aides to start working toward a summit immediately

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, agreed, during phone talks yesterday, to order their aides to start working toward a summit immediately, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Report informs via TASS.

"The two leaders agreed in yesterday’s phone call to continue communication between themselves as they will focus on holding a separate meeting and they also agreed to order their aides to start work toward that immediately," Peskov said.

Trump has repeatedly stated that he would like to meet Putin. He expressed this desire during his election campaign last fall and soon after his inauguration on January 20. Putin and Trump last met at the 2019 G20 Osaka summit.