President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to hold their long-anticipated summit at a U.S. military base in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, according to a White House official.
The meeting between the two leaders at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will be their first during Trump’s second term and comes as the U.S. president seeks to bring an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
CNN first reported on the meeting’s location.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday described the upcoming summit as a “feel-out meeting,” saying it was “not a concession” to Putin. He added, “We’re going to know very early in that meeting whether this thing has any chance of success or not.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not expected to join Trump and Putin in Alaska.
Trump said Monday that Zelenskyy “wasn’t a part of it” when asked if the Ukrainian leader had been invited.
“I would say he could go, but he’s gone to a lot of meetings. You know, he’s been there for three-and-a-half years — nothing happened,” Trump said.
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