Ongoing conversation between Trump and Putin persists
The ongoing summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, taking place at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska, is currently being held behind closed doors. The information about this summit was posted on platform X at 13:25 local time.
While no specific details about the participants in the expanded meeting have been provided, it is expected to take place before the scheduled joint press conference. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, along with the Russian delegation, are present at the summit.
The expanded meeting and the joint press conference are additional events following the ongoing summit. It is important to note that the expanded meeting is not part of the ongoing summit between Trump and Putin, nor is it included in the previously announced no-agenda policy for the summit. The exact time for these events has not been disclosed.
The most recent update on the main summit is that it ended without any deal on a Ukraine ceasefire. The summit, which lasted about three and a half hours, did not produce agreements on business deals or ending the war in Ukraine.
Trump and Putin had aimed to pursue two diplomatic tracks: one to reset relations with Russia through trade and investment deals, and another to seek an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. However, because no agreement on ending the war was reached, the US declined to discuss economic incentives during the summit. Putin came with a business delegation hoping to finalize deals, but these did not materialize.
Following this summit, Trump showed off a photograph that Putin sent him of their Alaska meeting, indicating a continuing personal rapport despite the lack of substantive agreements.
In summary, while the summit reaffirmed intentions to engage diplomatically, it ended without significant progress on resolving the Ukraine conflict or advancing business agreements. The US is expected to continue pushing to accelerate negotiations to end the war despite the mixed results from this summit.
More updates on the expanded meeting and the joint press conference are expected to be released in due course.
- Despite the ongoing summit between Trump and Putin focusing on trade and investment deals and seeking an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, the expanded meeting – attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and the Russian delegation – is not about these topics, but rather seems to be addressing issues beyond the no-agenda policy of the main summit.
- As the ongoing summit between Trump and Putin ended without agreements on ending the war in Ukraine or business deals, the ongoing dynamics and potential outcomes of the war-and-conflicts, politics, and general-news surrounding this issue are likely to continue to be discussed during the pending expanded meeting and joint press conference.
