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Trump made a statement on the United States’ deep involvement in Ukrainian affairs
Welcoming Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Oval Office on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that it was "a great honor" for him to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart.
According to President Trump, Ukraine was "a place that we've all been very much involved in." In turn, President Poroshenko said that his meeting with the US president was full-fledged and detailed.
"A full-fledged, detailed meeting with US President Donald Trump was held. We have received strong support from …
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Russia called on Trump to reach out to Cuba
A new line against Cuba, declared by US President Donald Trump, is a return to the rhetoric of the Cold War, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated. The department noted Trump’s position was regrettable.
On Friday, Trump said he was canceling the Obama administration's deal to normalize relations with Cuba. He noted that Washington would not remove sanctions from the government in Havana unless all political prisoners were released, freedom of speech and assembly would be respected, and as long …
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Congressman Marco Rubio: Trump does not oppose new sanctions against Russia
US President Donald Trump has nothing against the imposition of new sanctions against Russia; but the State Department, which is trying to establish a dialogue with Moscow, is opposed to this. US Senator Marco Rubio (a Republican from Florida) expressed this opinion on Sunday.
"I personally believe that at the core of resistance [toward sanctions against the Russian Federation] is not the president," he said in an interview with NBC television. "I do not think the president himself has a …
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Media: Ukrainian President will meet with Trump next week
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, will meet with the US President, Donald Trump next week, as reported by the Evropeyskaya Pravda news website with reference to its own sources in the diplomatic circles.
"This is a full-fledged state visit of Poroshenko to Washington, which will include meetings with key persons, including President Trump," one of the sources told Evropeyskaya Pravda.
Another source also added that Poroshenko's trip to the United States had already been agreed on …
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Trump to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine with the President of Poland
President of the United States Donald Trump will discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda during his visit to Poland. This was reported by Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, reported Radio Poland.
According to him, Trump will arrive in Poland on the evening of July 5, and his visit will last until the early afternoon hours on July 6. Waszczykowski said that one of the goals of Trump's visit will be a personal meeting with Duda. …
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Putin admitted he did not expect anything special from Trump’s US election victory
Russia did not hold special expectations from Donald Trump’s administration coming to power. Moscow understands that an internal political struggle continues in Washington and that this hinders the establishment of relations. This was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expressed opinion in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper.
"We did not expect anything; nothing special actually [from the Trump administration]," he said. "Of course, during the election campaign we heard about Mr. Trump’s …
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Lavrov: Trump stands for good relations with Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said in an interview on Channel One that U.S. President Donald Trump is consistent in his statements that relations with Russia will be based on mutual interests, Interfax reports.
"Trump never said he wanted to have bad relations with Russia – neither during the election campaign nor after becoming the incumbent president. On the contrary, he stated he intended to have normal, mutually respectful relations that would be based on properly understood …
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Peskov: Lavrov gave a message to Trump from Putin
Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president's press secretary, said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during his visit to Washington, conveyed a message from President Vladimir Putin to U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian news agency TASS reported.
“Absolutely,” Peskov said in answer to the question from journalists about whether Lavrov brought a message from Putin when he met with the American leader.
The Kremlin’s representative explained that “the contact [between Lavrov and Tillerson] …
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Six senators advised Trump to meet with Poroshenko before talks with Putin
Six U.S. senators advised U.S. President Donald Trump to first meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and only then with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, reports Voice of America.
The letter, signed by John McCain, James Inhofe, Rob Portman, Bob Menendez, Jean Shaheen and Bob Casey, was sent amid reports that Trump and Putin are planning to hold their first in-person meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany in July.
"Meeting with democratically elected representatives from …
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Lavrov: Russia is preparing for a meeting between Putin and Trump
Moscow is preparing a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Sergey Lavrov, stated this in an interview with TV channel “Mir”.
"You see, both we and the Americans need the meeting, as I understand it, not in order to manufacture an external effect on somebody and say: "Well, what a sensation, they talked for so long, and finally it was held," explained the foreign minister.
He noted that due to the influence …