President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may be meeting in person “in the coming days,” the Kremlin said Thursday, as critics worry the Russian leader could be setting up a trap for the U.S.
Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said the Russians have begun “concrete preparations” for the upcoming summit in coordination with their U.S. colleagues.
“At the suggestion of the American side, an agreement was essentially reached to hold a bilateral meeting at the highest level in the coming days, that is, a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump,” Ushakov said, according to the Interfax news agency cited by Reuters.
The Kremlin aide did not disclose any further details, including the location of the summit.
If the meeting goes ahead, it would be the first time a current U.S. president has sat down with Putin since his meeting with then-President Joe Biden in Geneva in June 2021, months ahead of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
