00:03 GMT
The Alaska summit is a milestone in the emergence of a new world order, “a symbol of a changing era,” Russian political commentator Sergey Poletaev has said. It showed that the West “no longer sets the rules” and that the world is becoming truly multipolar.
- 00:02 GMT
President Vladimir Putin has visited the Fort Richardson National Cemetery near Anchorage to honor Soviet pilots, who died in Alaska while ferrying US-made aircraft to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease program during the World War II. The president was filmed making the sign of the cross after laying flowers at one of the tombs.
23:32 GMT
The two presidents have left the press conference room after making their statements, without taking any questions from the media.
- 23:15 GMT
Putin switched to English to invite Trump to Moscow for the next round of talks, to which Trump responded that he sees it as “possibly happening.”
- 23:12 GMT
Trump noted that the most important thing is that they have a decent chance to achieve peace, and he expressed hope to see Putin again soon, adding that the Russian president wants to end this conflict just as he does.
23:12 GMT
Trump stated that the two men had a very productive meeting during which many issues were discussed, but they could not achieve full understanding and there is no deal yet. He also mentioned that they made significant progress and emphasized that he has very good relations with President Putin.
- 23:08 GMT
Putin said he could confirm that if Trump had been president in 2022, there would have been no conflict in Ukraine.
He mentioned that he had tried to persuade Joe Biden not to bring the situation to a point where a confrontation would become inevitable.
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