President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin commented on the first official bilateral meeting. Personal meeting of two leaders (translated in the presence of) instead of the planned half hours lasted approximately 40 minutes longer. After this, talks continued in an expanded format. It should be noted, in Helsinki for the first time officially met not only Trump and Putin during the official summit, but also the US and the foreign ministers of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Mike Pompeo.
Following the meeting, the two leaders held a press conference. Donald Trump said, that we are now talking about a turning point in relations between the US and Russia.
President noted, there is hope to solve the problems with consolidation efforts. According to Putin, optimism is the, that the negotiations themselves were held in a frank and positive atmosphere, They were trusting and open. Vladimir Putin recalled, that the Cold War is over, and therefore should not start a situation in such a channel, that she again reminded about themselves. According to President of Russia, between the US and Russia is no ideological confrontation.
What it failed to agree?
stated, that is adjusted communication channel between the special services of the two countries. In the first place, this channel will effectively operate in countering terrorism format. The Russian president noted, that the fruits of such a channel is given during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Putin:
We handed our American colleagues proposals for Security Cooperation, on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
noted, that special attention was paid to the Syrian issue. Putin said, that after the complete destruction of pockets of resistance fighters in the south of CAP is necessary to reduce the situation to the implementation of international agreements on 1974 of the year (we are on the border of Israel and the UAR and the status of the Golan Heights).
Putin:
This will restore security, a cease-fire between Israel and Syria and reliably ensure the security of Israel.
The Russian president noted, He expressed satisfaction that the US agreement with North Korea and expressed concern about the Washington's exit from nuclear deal with Iran.
Trump noted in his turn, that spoke with his Russian counterpart about the "intervention of Russia in the US elections", against the background of which the creation of a joint group on cyber security was discussed.
tramp:
This meeting was a turning point in relations.
