Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will travel to Alaska this Friday to take part in a planned summit between former U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The ministry’s confirmation, carried by state news agency TASS, ends speculation over the makeup of Moscow’s delegation to the talks. The meeting will mark the first face-to-face encounter between Trump and Putin since the start of Putin’s fifth presidential term in May and will be held on U.S. soil. No details of the agenda have been released, but the venue underscores both sides’ interest in maintaining a lower-profile setting while still signaling the importance of bilateral ties.
Sergey Lavrov will take part in the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the Russian Foreign Ministry has announced. https://t.co/G99hI6NLFG
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in the upcoming Russia-US meeting in Alaska, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. https://t.co/o4c0rNQZD7
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will formally participate in the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on Friday, Russian MFA informed. https://t.co/FNs0CPa9zJ