Washington<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is \u201cmost likely\u201d to hold a summit meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Europe next month.<\/p>\n
Trump is scheduled to attend the July 11-12 NATO summit in Brussels. Besides, he is likely to visit London for talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May on that trip.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve said it from day one: Getting along with Russia and with China and with everybody is a very good thing. It\u2019s good for the world, it\u2019s good for us, it\u2019s good for everybody. So, we\u2019ll probably be meeting sometime around my trip to Europe,\u201d Trump told reporters during a joint media appearance with Polish President Rebelo De Sousa.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019ll be talking about Syria,Ukraine, and many other subjects. We\u2019ll see what happens. So you never know,\u201d Trump said in response to a question.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never know about meetings, what happens. But I think a lot of good things can come with meetings with people. We had great meetings with President Xi of China. Every place I\u2019ve been, we have had great meetings. So maybe something positive will come out of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
US Vice President Mike Pence who is currently travelling to Ecuador welcomed the prospects of the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlans for Putin meeting with Trump is just one more example of president Trump\u2019s willingness to engage leaders around the world but he will engage by putting America first.<\/p>\n
Just as we saw in the Singapore summit and in meetings with allies at the G7 summit in Canada,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n
Earlier in Moscow, Bolton told reporters that it is in US\u2019 national interest to have a meeting with Putin.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite all the political noise, President Trump has decided it\u2019s in the interests of the US to talk to President Putin. There is a wide range of issues we can work constructively on despite the differences between us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bolton also sought to dismiss the allegations that the meeting proves some nexus between Russia and the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this is nonsense … He is pursuing US foreign policy in the national interest,\u201d Bolton said.<\/p>\n
The summit meeting would be preceded by a meeting between the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, he added.<\/p>\n
During a Congressional hearing, Pompeo told lawmakers that at the meeting Trump would raise the issue of Russian meddling in US elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am confident when President meets with Vladimir (Putin), he will make clear that meddling in our elections is completely unacceptable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Democratic Senator Chris Coons said it is entirely possible for a US Russia summit to be constructive.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019m very concerned that after his recent performance at the G-7 in Canada, President Trump will once again clash with our closest allies at the upcoming NATO summit, only to then engage in fawning photo ops with President Putin afterwards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s failure to hold Putin accountable for interfering in our 2016 election; aggressively supporting the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and illegally annexing a key part of Ukraine, the Crimean Peninsula, makes us less safe, not more,\u201d Coons said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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