No joint statement planned after Trump-Putin summit, says Kremlin

Moscow [Russia], August 15: No joint statement is planned after the summit between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
"No, nothing is to be expected, nothing has been prepared, and it is unlikely that there will be any document," Peskov told the Russian news agency Interfax.
"Given that there will be a joint press conference, the president will of course outline the scope of the agreements and arrangements that can be reached," he added, speaking ahead of Friday's summit in the US state of Alaska.
Peskov said it would be a mistake to try to anticipate the outcome of the meeting at this stage. He added that the summit had been prepared at very short notice.
He later told Russian state television that Trump has an extremely unusual approach to the most difficult issues - something, he said, that is highly appreciated in Moscow and by Putin personally. Ukraine's point of view should be taken into account "in subsequent stages," Peskov said. "At present, this is a Russian-US meeting at the highest level." (DPA)
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