(The Hill/NEXSTAR) – President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their highly-anticipated meeting Friday afternoon after more than two and a half hours.

Putin and Trump are expected to hold a joint press conference, which will stream live in the player above.

What was a previously planned to be a one-on-one between Trump and Putin turned into a three-on-three meeting that included top U.S. advisors Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff.

Putin was joined by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov. The change indicates that the White House is taking a more guarded approach than it did during a 2018 meeting in Helsinki, when Trump and Putin first met privately just with their interpreters for two hours.

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