A press conference is still planned
The Moscow Delegation has already advanced the agenda and time to meet Putin and Trump in Alaska: the meeting takes place at 11:30, 20:30 in mainland Portugal, at the military base of Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.
According to Russian presidential counselor Yuri Ushakov, the Russian delegation will include Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov, Ushakov himself, vice-minister Andrei Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and Kirill Dmitiev, Russia’s special envoy for economic and investment affairs.
The meeting begins with a meeting between Putin and Trump, which will not be alone because they will be accompanied by their interpreters. There will be a wide meeting with delegations and a breakfast of work. In the end, the two leaders will give a joint press conference to end the summit.
The summit will be the first among the US and Russian leaders since Moscow launched the Ukraine large-scale invasion in February 2022, which triggered a conflict considered as the most serious security situation in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The Ukrainian President was not invited to be present at Friday’s meeting, but has already opposed the possibility raised by Donald Trump that there was territory census.
The allies of the Ukraine of the so-called Volunteer Coalition, led by France, the United Kingdom and Germany, defended on Wednesday that sanctions to Russia should be reinforced if President Putin reject a ceasefire at Alaska summit.
Gathered for video conferencing on Wednesday, also with the participation of the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, the countries of the volunteer coalition have stressed that they are ready to play an “active role” in the provision of safety guarantees to Ukraine for future peace, particularly through the detachment of what they designate as “reassuring force” when hostilities cease.
Russia has invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, with the argument of protecting pro-Russian separatist minorities in the east and “disadvantages” the neighboring country, independent since 1991-after the collapse of the Soviet Union-and which has been moving away from the sphere of influence of Moscow and approaching Europe and the West.
The war in Ukraine has already caused tens of thousands of dead, and the last months have been marked by large-scale air strikes to Ukrainian cities and infrastructures, while Kiev’s forces have aimed at offensive with drones (unlipped aircraft), military targets in Russian territory and the Crimea Peninsula, illegally, illegally Attached by Moscow in 2014.
