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Trump and Putin open historic summit
HELSINKI, July 16, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The US and Russian leaders opened an
historic summit in Helsinki on Monday, with Donald Trump promising an
“extraordinary relationship” and Vladimir Putin saying it was high time to
thrash out disputes around the world.
Looking sombre, they exchanged opening remarks in front of the press at
the start of their summit in Helsinki. While Trump acclaimed the meeting’s
potential, Putin said: “The time has come to talk in a substantive way about
our relations and problem areas of the world.”
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