Kremlin Confirms Delegation for Putin–Trump Meeting in Alaska

Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov announced on Thursday that the lineup of the Russian delegation for the August 15 talks between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska has been confirmed.

According to him, the Russian delegation includes Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Special Presidential Envoy for Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries, The Caspian Post reports, citing TASS.

"The list of participants has been already finalized," Ushakov told journalists. "Considering a number of sensitive issues on the agenda of the upcoming discussions, the range of the negotiation’s participants is not wide."

Late last week, US President Trump announced his intention to meet personally with his Russian counterpart in Alaska on August 15.

Announced plans for these talks were also confirmed by Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov. According to Ushakov, Putin and Trump will "undoubtedly focus on discussing options for achieving a long-term peaceful resolution to the Ukrainian crisis."

The Kremlin expects the next meeting between the two presidents to take place on Russian soil, Ushakov added.

Friday's Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska comes on the heels of the Russian president’s meeting with US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin on August 6.