The U.S. military base in Alaska that will host Friday's meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is the best location to meet the security requirements needed for the high-stakes summit, it has been reported.

CNN first revealed that the long-anticipated meeting would be held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, which is the largest military facility in Alaska and hosts thousands of military personnel and their families.

Why It Matters

Moscow has said it was "logical" that Putin's first visit to the U.S. in a decade should take place in Alaska and Russian media have made much of the symbolic nature of the location, which was part of the Russian empire until 1867.

While the base offers the security needed for such a summit, there are concerns over the optics of

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