Trump announces he will meet Putin during Asia trip

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US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wave upon arriving at US Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on November 4, 2017. Trump touched down in Japan, kicking off the first leg of a high-stakes Asia tour set to be dominated by soaring tensions with nuclear-armed North Korea. / AFP PHOTO / Toshifumi KITAMURA

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan, Nov 5, 2017 (BSS/AFP) – US President Donald Trump said Sunday he expected to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during an Asian tour likely to be dominated by international tensions over North Korea.

“I think it’s expected we’ll meet with Putin, yeah. We want Putin’s help on North Korea, and we’ll be meeting with a lot of different leaders,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.