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‘Important verbal agreements’ made at Trump-Putin summit – Russian ambassador to US | ‘Important verbal agreements’ made at Trump-Putin summit – Russian ambassador to US |
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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump did reach key unwritten deals during their talks in Finland, but there is nothing secretive about what they discussed, Russia’s ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonov, says. | Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump did reach key unwritten deals during their talks in Finland, but there is nothing secretive about what they discussed, Russia’s ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonov, says. |
“The meeting was important, intense, constructive and productive. | “The meeting was important, intense, constructive and productive. |
I believe that important verbal agreements were made,” Antonov said on Rossiya 1 TV on Wednesday evening. | I believe that important verbal agreements were made,” Antonov said on Rossiya 1 TV on Wednesday evening. |
During a foreign ministry briefing earlier the same day, Antonov, who was in Putin’s negotiating team, said that no “secret deals” were struck between the two presidents, specifying that negotiations in Helsinki on Monday focused on Syria and Ukraine. | |
Antonov’s statements echoed those made by the Russian Defense Ministry a day earlier, which also said it was prepared to follow so far unspecified measures agreed on by the two presidents. | |
While the two leaders gave hints of what they may have discussed at a media conference after the talks wrapped up – for example, Putin said he continues to disagree with Trump on the status of Crimea – no official communiqué was produced, breeding media speculation on both sides of the Atlantic. | |
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