Trump says he's unlikely to meet Putin in Paris next week

President TrumpRepresentative of Donald John TrumpSoros: Fox News refuses to register on the radio. Rihanna swears that her songs will never be read again during Trump's vote on "tragic rallies" mid-way to set the cyber agenda more said Monday that he would not meet "probably not" Russian President Vladimir Putin next week during the Armistice celebrations in Paris, despite the announcement made previously by National Security Adviser John Bolton that the two leaders would meet.

However, Trump said he would meet Putin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Argentina that will begin in late November, reiterating his belief that improving relations between the United States and Moscow would be a "good thing".

"We have not put anything in place yet. We do not know it will be the right place. I will be in Paris for other reasons, but we will meet at the G-20 and we will probably have meetings after that, "Trump told the press before boarding Air Force One to get to Cleveland for a political rally a day before. the mid-term elections.

"To hear with Russia, China and all these people would be a good thing, I have said it for a long time," he added. "So we will have many meetings, but I'm not sure we'll have a meeting in Paris, probably not."

Last month, Bolton announced that the White House would schedule the meeting between Trump and Putin on November 11 in Paris. This ceremony coincides with the commemoration of the signing of the Armistice ending the First World War. Trump was already going to Paris to attend the celebrations. Bolton later said that Putin had also been invited to Washington early next year.

The G20 Leaders Summit will be held in Argentina on November 30th and December 1st. This meeting between Trump and Putin will be their first face to face since the controversial Helsinki summit in July, after which Trump was criticized for his friendly behavior towards Putin and for questioning the assessment made by the US intelligence community of Russia's interference in the 2016 elections. Trump later returned in the statements, saying that he had been misrepresented.

At their next meeting, leaders should discuss a host of issues, including Trump's decision to remove the United States from the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) treaty, a nuclear arms pact concluded with the United States. Russia for decades.