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Trump plans to hold summit with Putin in Reykjavik – report Trump press sec denies report of planned meeting with Putin in Reykjavik
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US President-Elect Donald Trump has told British officials that he wants to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Reykjavik, Iceland, the Sunday Times reported. A Sunday Times report claiming that a meeting has been planned between US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Iceland is “100 percent false,” said Trump’s incoming press secretary and director of communications.
The meeting with Vladimir Putin is set to become Donald Trump’s first foreign trip, and the US leader will start working on an agreement limiting nuclear arms within a "reset" in US-Russian relations, according to the newspaper. In a tweet, Sean Spicer denied the report, which claimed that his future boss told British officials that he would meet Putin in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, during his first foreign trip as POTUS.
Sources close to the Russian Embassy in London said to The Sunday Times that Moscow would agree to a summit between Putin and Trump. Two of Trump’s aides also denied the story, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity.
The meeting would come just over 30 years since the historic summit on October 11-12, 1986, held in Reykjavik, between the US and Soviet leaderships, the second in a series of meetings that relaunched the relationship between the two countries. The British newspaper reported that Trump and Putin would discuss a nuclear arms reduction agreement and a reset of bilateral relations.
Two of Trump's aides reportedly denied the Sunday Times story, speaking on condition of anonymity to Reuters. Sources close to the Russian Embassy in London allegedly told The Sunday Times that Moscow would agree to a summit between Putin and Trump, but would not confirm that such a meeting had been scheduled.
Reykjavik was the site of an historic summit on October 11-12, 1986, between the US and Soviet leaderships – the second in a series of meetings that relaunched the two countries’ relationship.
The latest report comes just a day after Trump expressed openness to lifting the sanctions against Russia “under certain conditions.”The latest report comes just a day after Trump expressed openness to lifting the sanctions against Russia “under certain conditions.”
In an hour-long interview with the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Trump said he wants to keep the sanctions that the Obama administration recently imposed on Russia “at least for a period of time.”In an hour-long interview with the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Trump said he wants to keep the sanctions that the Obama administration recently imposed on Russia “at least for a period of time.”
However, Trump added that he would consider lifting the restrictions, depending on how helpful the Russians are in the fight against terrorism, as well as assisting with other goals that he feels are key to the US.However, Trump added that he would consider lifting the restrictions, depending on how helpful the Russians are in the fight against terrorism, as well as assisting with other goals that he feels are key to the US.