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White House: Trump to Meet Putin at G20 Summit

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President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week at the G20 summit in Germany, the White House confirmed Thursday.

According to national security adviser H.R. McMaster, the meeting, set to take place on the sidelines of the summit, is one of numerous planned by Trump during his time in Hamburg.

"There is no specific agenda," McMaster said. "It's really going to be whatever the president wants to talk about."

"Our relationship with Russia is no different than any other country."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also confirmed the meeting Thursday but stated no followups had been planned.

"They will meet in any case there, on the sidelines of this summit, but no (separate) meeting is planned at the moment," Peskov said.

Prior to the meeting's confirmation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that such an encounter would likely cover topics including Ukraine as well as the "normalization" of US-Russia relations.

"First of all, we should try to achieve normalization of dialogue, so that the dialogue is based on the fundamental interests of both Russia and the US," Lavrov said.

The meeting, which will be the first face-to-face between the two world leaders, comes amid escalating tensions over the ongoing crisis in Syria.

The White House claimed Monday that it had detected "potential preparations" by the Syrian government for a chemical attack, warning Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that a "heavy price" would be paid if such weapons were used.


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