Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Thursday that Russia’s delegation and agenda for the Alaska summit between Putin and President Donald Trump have been finalized.

Ushakov said the Kremlin’s delegation to the summit on Friday will include Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Russian Direct Investment Fund chief Kirill Dmitriev, and Ushakov himself.

“Considering a number of sensitive issues on the agenda of the upcoming discussions, the range of the negotiation’s participants is not wide,” Ushakov noted. He said the meeting would begin with one-on-one talks between Trump and Putin, followed by a joint press conference.

Ushakov said the talks will focus on “achieving a long-term peace

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