The summit held between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to end the war in Ukraine concluded after about three hours.
On the 15th (local time), the Kremlin reported that the two leaders had concluded the nearly three-hour meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska.
The meeting included U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Middle East Special Envoy Steve Wittecroft, from the U.S. side, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Yuri Ushakov, Kremlin Foreign Policy Advisor, from the Russian side.
Initially, a lunch meeting was scheduled to follow the three-on-three discussions, but the Kremlin stated that the two leaders plan to hold a joint press conference immediately.
As this summit aims to discuss the end of the Ukraine war, which has continued for three years and six months, attention is focused on whether the two leaders reached an agreement on a ceasefire that could lead to peace discussions.
President Trump emphasized earlier that this summit is a step to prepare for a second meeting that would include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Kremlin noted that while the key agenda is resolving the Ukraine crisis, issues of U.S.-Russia economic cooperation and global security were also included.
The U.S.-Russia summit is the first meeting in four years and two months since former President Joe Biden met with President Putin in June 2021. It has been six years since President Trump met with President Putin at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.