INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The meet between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin comes admist tension between the two nationsMoscow, Russia: A long-awaited summit between US
President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, the Kremlin and the White
House said in simultaneous statements Thursday."An agreement has been reached that on July 16 in Helsinki there will be a meeting between
the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the President of the United States Donald Trump," the Kremlin said.The talks will
see the two leaders discuss "the current state and prospects for development of Russian-US relations," according to the release. A
statement from the White House said the men would also broach "a range of national security issues".Trump's national security advisor John
Bolton met Putin in Moscow on Wednesday
The two discussed the details of the first full summit between the presidents.US-Russian relations have hit lows not seen since the Cold War
over Moscow's annexation of Crimea, its involvement in eastern Ukraine and allegations of political meddling, as well as disagreement over
the Syrian conflict.Since coming to power last year, Trump has sought to improve relations with Putin amid tensions between Moscow and the
Trump said this month that Russia should be re-admitted to the G7 group of industrialised democracies from which it was suspended after
That comment came at a summit which ended in sharp disagreement between Trump and his G7 allies.The last, brief meeting between Putin and
Trump took place in November 2017 in Vietnam during an APEC summit.Trump is due to attend the July 11 and 12 NATO summit in Brussels before
heading to Britain to meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II on July 13.(Except for the headline, this story has not
been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
