Ex-Envoy Says Alaska Summit Will Enable US-Russia Relations to Grow in Positive Direction
Members of the media stand outside Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The upcoming meeting of US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will enable US-Russia relations to grow in a positive direction, former US Ambassador to Switzerland Ed McMullen told Sputnik. “Dialogue and advancing bilateral interests enables US/Russian relations to grow in a positive direction. This is the hallmark of President Trump’s successful foreign policy,” McMullen said. Trump and Putin will hold their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on the northern outskirts of Anchorage in Alaska on Friday. This is the leaders’ first face-to-face meeting since Trump’s reelection and their last summit in 2019. According to the White House, the meeting will begin at 11:00 a.m. local time (19:00 GMT). The Putin-Trump summit will discuss the settlement of the Ukraine crisis, as well as broader issues of ensuring peace and security, and bilateral relations.
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