AFP/UNS:US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach an agreement to resolve Moscow’s war in Ukraine after a nearly three-hour summit in Alaska, though he characterised the meeting as “very productive.”
“There were many, many points that we agreed on,” Trump said at a joint press conference with Putin. “I would say a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite got there, but we’ve made some headway. So there’s no deal until there’s a deal.”
Trump said that he and Putin did not reach an agreement on “probably the most significant” aspect of their meeting, but there was a very good chance of getting there.
“Many points were agreed to. There are just a very few that are left. Some are not that significant. One is probably the most significant, but we have a very good chance of getting there. We didn’t get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there,” Trump told reporters.
Earlier, speaking to the press, Putin said he hoped that agreements reached at his summit with the US president could be a launchpad for settling the Ukraine conflict and restoring ties between Russia and the US.
“I expect that today’s agreements will become a reference point, not only for solving the Ukrainian problem, but will also launch the restoration of business-like, pragmatic relations between Russia and the United States,” Putin said.
