Vladimir
Putin and Donald Trump made press statements and answered
journalists’ questions.
July 16,
2018
18:35
Helsinki
President
of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President, ladies and gentlemen,
The talks
with President of the United States Donald Trump were held
in a candid and business-like atmosphere. I think they were
quite successful and beneficial.
We
reviewed the current state and prospects of Russia-US relations
and key international issues. It is obvious to everyone that our
bilateral relations are undergoing a complicated period but there is no
objective reason for these difficulties and the current tense
atmosphere.
The Cold
War ended long ago, the era of acute ideological confrontation belongs
to the distant past, and the situation
in the world has fundamentally changed.
Today both
Russia and the United States are facing completely different
challenges – the mechanisms of international security
and stability are dangerously out of balance, there are regional
crises, the spread of the threat of terrorism
and cross border crime, crime in general, growing world economic
problems, environmental and other risks. It is possible to cope with
all this only by working together. I hope we will come to this
same understanding with our American partners.
Today’s
talks reflected the shared desire of President Trump and myself
to correct the negative situation in bilateral relations
and map out initial steps to improve them, restore an acceptable
level of trust and return to the former level
of cooperation on all issues of mutual interest.
As a major
nuclear power, we have special responsibility when it comes
to international security. I consider it important, as we
discussed, to get the dialogue on strategic stability
and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
on track. We made a note with a number of concrete
proposals on this matter available to our American colleagues.
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