Donald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin at G20 summit next week

Both leaders will hold their 1st meeting as heads of state during the G20 summit in Hamburg

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold their first meeting as heads of state during the Group of 20 (G20) summit next week in Hamburg.

The first in-person meeting of the two men since Trump took office in January will come as relations between the nations are at their lowest in decades. Disputes between the former Cold War rivals continue to simmer over the war in Syria, Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine, US sanctions and probes into Russian meddling in the US election, and possible collusion between Trump associates and Russian officials.

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