Without any substantive agreement on it, he was closed, denying any expectations for a relatively quick settlement. The meeting began with significant expectations, but also with a smiling and particularly cheerful one, in contrast to him who appeared if not puzzled, certainly with a more “heavier” mood.
The timing of a ‘bad’ – for Trump -session
After reception, handshakes and commemorative photos, the two men accompanied by Steve Whitkov, Mark Rubio, Sergei Lavrov and Yuri Usakov, went to the meeting room to discuss all the open issues that concern both their countries.
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— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia)
In the meantime, a huge chaos was prevalent in the Summit program, as the details were constantly changing, both for the participants and how many meetings there will be and whether or not a joint press conference will be given and when.
Finally, after the end of the “3VS3” meeting, Trump and Putin with a significant delay came out for the joint press conference, which lasted about 12 minutes. The press conference was opened by Vladimir Putin, which in general at such sessions is unusual as he was the leader who visited the Host Court, who spoke for almost eight minutes and then followed by Trump who spoke for about three minutes.
The unspecified points of agreement but also of disagreement
In it, the two leaders described their “constructive” meeting and both said that there were points of agreement both for improving bilateral relations and the key issue of the meeting of Ukraine, but also that there were points of disagreement. However, none of them mentioned what these points were. What both have made it clear is that there was no agreement on Ukraine, but that there was progress in this direction.
The US president stressed that about what was said at the meeting he would inform both Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and other foreign leaders. For his part, Putin has argued that he expects that European capitals would not prevent or attempt to derail the progress that is being formed.
“Appointment” in Moscow and immediate departure
At the closure of the press conference, the Russian president invited his US counterpart to Moscow for the next meeting, which Trump appeared to be reluctantly accepted.
After the hasty, one could say, press conference, it was announced that the expanded meeting that would attend all the officials who went to Alaska to participate in it would not be held, as was the meal planned.
The two leaders were preparing to leave immediately, with Putin making a short stop in a Cemetery of Russian pilots who fought in World War II.
Winner Putin
At the end of the meeting and based on what happened, international media and analysts estimate that it was essentially a clear dominance by Vladimir Putin over US President Donald Trump, in communication, but also on a practical level, as well as at the time green light to continue their attack.
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended the Alaska summit without announcing a deal on Ukraine, leaving the path toward ending the war unclear
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ)
President Trump and President Vladimir Putin, in a joint news conference after a summit on the Russia-Ukraine war, said that they had made progress. But they gave no details, took no questions and failed to announce a cease-fire. Follow live updates.
— The New York Times (@nytimes)
At the same time, Putin, with this meeting, managed to prove once again that he fully controls the developments in the subject of Ukraine, but also to pass the message that this is not going to change with his international isolation or measures against Russia.
