Kremlin, coy on new summit idea, says Putin and Trump can meet at G20

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Kremlin, coy on new summit idea, says Putin and Trump can meet at G20
Denis Pinchuk, Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin was reticent on Tuesday about whether it would accept an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to hold a summit with Vladimir Putin in Washington later this year, saying only that the two men had other chances to meet as well.

The Kremlin’s failure to swiftly accept Trump’s invitation for a Washington summit has been noticeable. Though Moscow saw the Helsinki summit n the two leaders held last week as a success, the fiercely negative reaction by some U.S. politicians to Trump’s performance has taken some in Russia aback.

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that though Washington and Moscow agreed there was a need for another Putin-Trump meeting, Russia had not yet begun any practical preparations for a new meeting.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-putin-trump/kremlin-coy-on-new-summit-idea-says-putin-and-trump-can-meet-at-g20-idUSKBN1KE1R8

Though the media for the most part says we were played, I think we may have been playing them as well. I think that CBN interview with Nikki Haley could attest to that possibility. Somewhere, you at least have to get conversations going, the ball rolling.  ... And the summit may not even come off.

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Kremlin: Russia not ready to accept Trump invite to Washington

By Emily Birnbaum - 07/24/18 02:33 PM EDT 

A top Kremlin aide on Tuesday said Russia is not ready to accept President Trump's invitation to a second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the U.S.

Yuri Ushakov said Russia agrees there should be another meeting, but did not formally agree to the White House's fall invitation.

“After the [Helsinki] summit, you know what kind of atmosphere there is around its outcome,” Ushakov said, according to a Reuters report. "I think it would be wise to let the dust settle and then we can discuss all these questions in a business-like way. But not now."

Trump and the White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said last week that preparations are underway for a meeting with Putin in Washington, D.C., this fall.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/398609-kremlin-russia-not-ready-to-accept-trump-invite-to-second-summit

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