According to Dmitry Suslov, holding such a full-scale summit on the territory of one of the countries underscores a qualitative shift in Russian-American relations

"It seems quite logical that our delegation should simply fly across the Bering Strait, and that such an important and long-awaited summit between the leaders of the two countries…

Yury Ushakov added that "the economic interests of our countries intersect in Alaska and the Arctic, and there are prospects for implementing large-scale, mutually beneficial…