CCTV News:Since Trump took office last year, Russia-US relations have not eased as expected, but the tension has intensified. Since March this year, the United States has gradually released information about possible meetings between the leaders of the two sides, but Russia has not made a clear statement. Until the 27th, Russia officially confirmed the news. On the 28th, Russia and the United States announced the specific time and place of the meeting.
According to the release of Russia and the United States,The meeting between Putin and Trump will be held in Helsinki, Finland on July 16th. At that time, the two sides will exchange views on bilateral relations between Russia and the United States and other international hot issues.
Putin: Russia-US relations are not at their best.
In order to coordinate the leaders’ meeting, US Presidential National Security Assistant Bolton visited Russia on the 27th. When meeting with Bolton, Putin said that Russia-US relations are not at their best at present, which is largely the result of sharp political struggles in the United States. He hoped that Bolton’s visit would be a step towards a comprehensive restart of Russia-US relations.
The United States frequently leaked the news, and the Russian side gave it a cold shoulder.
For the summit meeting between Russia and the United States, the United States frequently let loose, while Russian officials handled it cautiously, even with some indifference. The Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry have neither confirmed nor denied this plan before. It was not until Putin met with Bolton on the 27th that Russian officials said that the time and place of the Russian-US summit meeting had been confirmed.
Just on the 21st of this month, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also said in response to a reporter’s question that "the upcoming Russia-US summit meeting" was deliberately leaked by the US, and Russia would not comment on this leaked news.
Expert: It is difficult for the summit meeting to make a big turning point in Russia-US relations.
As for the preparations for the summit meeting between the United States and Russia, analysts pointed out that the main purpose of planning the summit meeting is to prevent the highly tense bilateral relations from getting out of control and not to make a major turning point in Russia-US relations. Moreover, historically, US-Russian relations will experience a curve of "opening higher and going lower" after most new American presidents take office, from "restarting" in the early days of taking office to a sharp turn, and such plots have been staged repeatedly.
Ups and downs! Russia-US relations are like riding a roller coaster.
Due to Trump’s good comments on Russia during the campaign, it was once speculated that after Trump took office, the United States might reduce the pressure on Russia in order to achieve "breaking the ice" in Russia-US relations. However, this is not the case. Sometimes, the two sides are relaxed and sometimes tense. The wave of relations between the two countries is like a roller coaster.
In July 2017, Trump and Putin met for the first time during the G20 Hamburg Summit.
△ On July 7, 2017, during the G20 Hamburg Summit, US President Trump held bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
US President Trump:
President Putin and I discussed many things and had a very good talk. It was a very, very good talk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin:
We believe that Russia and the United States have good reasons and the two countries should reopen some cooperation.
But a month later, Trump signed a bill to impose additional economic sanctions on relevant individuals and entities in Russia. Subsequently, the Russian side demanded that the staff of the US diplomatic mission in Russia be reduced, and the US side also demanded that Russia close the Consulate General in San Francisco and two diplomatic facilities in Washington and new york.
There is a "minefield" in the relations between the two countries in eastern Ukraine on the Syrian battlefield.
The Syrian issue and the situation in eastern Ukraine are all "minefields" where Russia-US relations are difficult to overcome. Both Trump and Putin have said that the two sides have communicated on this and "talked very well". But the moment of "talking well" is fleeting. On the Syrian battlefield, both sides and supporting forces claimed to be attacked by the other side. On the Ukrainian issue, the two sides have started a new round of angry words.
The congratulatory message is not "full moon" and the United States "turns its face"
In March this year, after Putin was re-elected as Russian president, Trump called to congratulate Putin and mentioned the possibility of meeting the two. But before the congratulatory message was sent out, he changed his tune again. On April 11, Trump posted a message on social networking sites warning Russia to get ready, and the new smart missiles of the United States will soon hit Syria. He also said that the current US-Russian relations are in the worst period in history, even worse than during the Cold War.
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