Analysts: Only meeting between Putin and Trump not enough to improve relations

May 3, 2018 - PRLog -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for a meeting with his US counterpart Donald Trump, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

At the same time, Russia hopes that US President Donald Tramp concretizes his proposal on the visit of Russian leader Vladimir Putin to Washington, he added.

"We proceed from the fact that the US president in a telephone conversation – this has already become known, there is no secret – he sent such an invitation, said that he would be happy to see in the White House, then he would be happy to meet as part of the return visit. And he returned to this topic a couple of times, so we of course let our American colleagues know that we do not want to be intrusive, but we do not want to be impolite, and that given that President Trump has made such a proposal, we proceed from the fact that he concretizes it," Sergey Lavrov said.

Earlier the White House representatives said that they continue to work out the possibility for Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meeting, despite the significantly complicated relations between Moscow and Washington, as well as another round of anti-Russian sanctions.

"As the President said, we want good relations with Russia, but it will depend on some actions of the Russians. Meanwhile, the President will continue to take a tough stance on Russia, until we see the implementation of these changes. We will continue to work on what you need to do to this meeting with Vladimir Putin took place at some point," the White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders assured.

Meanwhile, the Federation Council of Russia urged US officials to refuse the distribution of false information until the meeting of the two leaders, in order not to aggravate an already difficult situation.

"Alas, the US President Donald Trump joined those spreading fake news. We can feel the influence of his new team. [...] In this regard, I suggest that our overseas opponents declare the so-called 'day of silence' for the period remaining until the meeting, making a breather in the information war. Evidently, this applies exclusively to officials, the media is quite another matter," said Franz Klintsevich, a member of the Federation Council committee on defense and security.

Source: https://penzanews.ru/en/analysis/65310-2018