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Presidents of the United States, Donald Trump and Russia, Vladimir Putin arrived today at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki to celebrate his first formal summit, in which they are supposed to talk about the 1945 and Ukraine conflicts, nuclear disarmament and presumed election interference from Moscow
Putin arrived at the presidential palace towards 13:35 local time (10:35 GMT), and climbed the stairs accompanied by the Finnish President, Sauli Niinistö.
Trump, who had delayed his trip to the palace apparently not to arrive before Putin, arrived at 13:57 local time (10:57 GMT), plus half an hour later The US President intended to sign the Golden book of the palace and greet Putin before starting a meeting of one and a half hours with the Russian President, followed by a working lunch with their respective delegations and a conference of press.
It is unclear whether the delay in the beginning of the summit will shorten the original program, which in principle gives the two presidents approximately three and a half hours to meet each other. 19659003] Putin landed in Helsinki at 13:00 local time (10:00 GMT) today, just when Trump had planned to reach the presidential palace, which apparently led the US president to delay his trip to seat of the summit, not to wait there his Russian counterpart.
However, the White House did not confirm whether it was the reason for Trump's delay, which finally made Putin wait for about 20 minutes in the palace finl
Wars in Ukraine and Syria The alleged interference of Moscow in the US presidential elections, the Iranian nuclear program, economic cooperation and, most importantly, the bruised bilateral relations are issues that Putin and Trump will discuss. EFE
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