MOSCOW, October 16. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump held their eighth phone conversation since the beginning of the year on Thursday, which lasted nearly two and a half hours. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov described the discussion as substantive, open, and constructive.
According to Ushakov, Moscow and Washington will "without delay" begin preparations for a new meeting between the two leaders, which may take place in Budapest. He called this "a truly significant event."
TASS has summarized Ushakov’s key points from the briefing.
Trump proposed holding a second summit with Putin in Budapest, and the Russian president "immediately supported" the idea. Preparations for the meeting will begin in the coming days with a phone call between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"After some work is done by our representatives - the [Russian] foreign minister and the [US] secretary of state - it will probably become clear when the summit can be arranged," Ushakov said.
