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The American president, Donald Trump, today canceled the meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the G20 summit in Argentina, scheduled for this weekend, following the arrest of Ukrainian ships by Moscow in the sea Black.
"Given the fact that Russia has not sent back ships and sailors to Ukraine, I decided that the best thing for all parties to cancel is the scheduled meeting in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin, "he wrote. Trump on your Twitter account since the presidential plane in which you are heading to Buenos Aires.
Trump He said he would not hold a bilateral meeting with Putin a few minutes after he announced to the press at the White House that he would meet "probably" his Russian counterpart.
The US president told reporters that it was "a very good time" to meet Putin, although he warned that he would be informed in detail of the controversy between Kiev and Moscow during his trip to Argentina and that this would determine his final decision. .
Russia announced yesterday that Putin and Trump they were scheduled to meet on 1 December in Buenos Aires to discuss issues such as the fight against terrorism and nuclear disarmament.
The White House itself said Tuesday that Trump He would hold a bilateral meeting with Putin throughout the G20 summit, in addition to meeting leaders from Argentina, Germany, China, Japan, South Korea and the United States. # 39; India.
Last Sunday, Russian warships intercepted and fired on the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black and Azov Seas, against three Ukrainian ships accused by Moscow of entering unauthorized Russian territorial waters, near the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula, annexed to Russia, and they stopped their crews.
The tension in the Azov Sea has been unleashed since Moscow built in May the Crimean Bridge that connects Russian peninsula with Russian territory, after which inspections of Ukrainian ships were doubled, which Kiev considers as a de facto blockade of its ports in the area.
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