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MINSK, 15 August (BelTA) – The negotiations of President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the United States of America Donald Trump began in the three-on-three format, TASS reports.
The meeting is taking place in a room at premises of the U.S. military base Elmendorf-Richardson. The room is decorated with a Russian flag and a U.S. flag.
In addition to the heads of state taking part in the meeting from the Russian side are the Russian president’s aide Yuri Ushakov and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov. Donald Trump has U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. president’s special envoy Steve Witkoff with him.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump began the meeting in the three-on-three format without introductory remarks for the press. The summit of the presidents of Russia and the USA is going on without mass media’s access to it.