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6/12/19

Russia-US Relations: Trump to Meet with Putin at G-20, Striking a Blow to Ukraine

President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Japan later this month, relinquishing what key allies hoped would remain a principal tool in Washington's efforts to exert influence over Moscow.

"I'll be meeting with Putin at the G-20," Trump said, taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office during a visit with Polish President Andrzej Duda. Trump added he would also meet with Chinese President Xi Jingping at the summit, to take place June 28 and 29 in Osaka, Japan.

Trump in November canceled a planned meeting with Putin at the last G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, apparently in retaliation for Russia's detaining 24 Ukrainian seamen in the Kerch Strait crisis that began days before. Though he would meet with Putin informally on the sidelines of that summit,

Ukrainian officials hoped Trump's hard line against formal meetings with the Russian leader would emphasize its support for Ukraine and serve as a deterrent to further aggression

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