Talks with Trump in Alaska sincere, bring us closer to necessary decisions: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday described his visit to Alaska as "timely and extremely useful" during a televised meeting with senior officials at the Kremlin. Putin also told officials that Russia acknowledges the United States' position on the Ukraine conflict and reiterated Moscow’s intention to pursue a peaceful resolution.

"We have not had direct negotiations of this kind at this level for a long time," he said, adding that Russia "had the opportunity to calmly and in detail reiterate our position."

"We respect



the position of the American administration, which sees the need for an early cessation of hostilities. That is also our goal. We want to move toward resolving all issues through peaceful means," he added.

"The conversation was very frank, substantive and, in my opinion, brings us closer to the necessary decisions," he further said as reported by news agency AFP.

Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska on Friday, the first US-Russia summit since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, lasted just three hours.