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Posted on August 15, 2025
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Putin sees summit agreements with Trump as a launchpad for resolving the Ukraine conflict and improving Russia-US relations.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he hoped that agreements reached at his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump could be a launchpad for settling the Ukraine conflict and restoring ties between Russia and the U.S.
"I expect that today's agreements will become a reference point, not only for solving the Ukrainian problem, but will also
launch the restoration of business-like, pragmatic relations between Russia and the United States," Putin said.
He said there was enormous potential for the two countries to build a business and investment partnership in areas such as energy, technology and space exploration, and in the Arctic.
"I have every reason to believe that by moving along this path, we can reach an end to the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible," he said at a joint news conference at which the leaders did not take any questions.
Putin, however, did not specify what the two sides had agreed on.
(Reporting by Moscow bureau; Writing by Alexander Marrow and Mark TrevelyanEditing by Andrew Osborn)
Putin expressed hope that the agreements reached at his summit with Trump would serve as a launchpad for resolving the Ukraine conflict and restoring relations between Russia and the United States.
He highlighted enormous potential for cooperation in areas such as energy, technology, space exploration, and activities in the Arctic.
No, Putin did not provide specific details about what the two sides had agreed upon during the summit.
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