Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with US national security adviser John Bolton during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko
Pavel Felgenhauer, Eurasia Daily Monitor/The Jamestown Foundation: Both Kremlin and White House Aim for Success in Helsinki
The visit by United States National Security Advisor John Bolton to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials resulted in an agreement to hold a long-awaited “historic summit” with Putin and President Donald Trump in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16. That will be one day after Putin hosts the final game of the 2018 soccer World Cup, in Moscow, which will be attended by an array of foreign dignitaries. The US leader is coming to Europe to attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels, on July 11–12. Less than a week later, in Helsinki, Trump and Putin will hold face-to-face talks followed by an expanded delegation meeting. A joint declaration is being prepared that will cover future bilateral relations and key global issues, including Syria, Ukraine and arms control. Both sides have expressed hope the coming summit will decrease heightened US-Russian tensions as well as promote world peace and international stability
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WNU Editor: On his visit to Moscow, United States National Security Advisor John Bolton was treated by the Russians in a manner that I have not seen the Kremlin treat a U.S. official in a very long time. United States National Security Advisor John Bolton did not only deal with every important person in the Kremlin, but he dealt with Russian President Putin himself. I cannot adequately express in words on how much this is a breach of Russian diplomatic protocol .... to put it bluntly .... it just does not happen. But it did happen, and it tells me that the Kremlin has high expectations that their Helsinki Summit with President Trump is going to produce a major change in U.S. - Russian relations and understandings. The above post is my must read article for the week .... it is giving all of us a heads-up that this Summit in two and a half weeks is going to be major.
Update: Another indication on how well United States National Security Advisor John Bolton was treated yesterday. I posted a video yesterday on John Bolton arriving at the home of Russian Foreign Ministry Lavrov .... US National Security Advisor John Bolton Arrives At The Residence Of Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (June 27, 2018). I do not recall Foreign Minister Lavrov ever inviting a foreign official to his home.
Hat tip to Gabriel for the above story.
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