Russian President 4 Vladimir Putin used his audience with President Donald Trump on Friday to suggest the two leaders’ nations collaborate on trade, even as he offered no details on plans to end the war in Ukraine.
"We have a lot of dimensions for joint work," Putin told the press after meeting with Trump for three hours in Anchorage, Alaska. "It is clear that U.S. and Russian business cooperation has tremendous potential. We can offer each other so much in trade, digital, high-tech, and space exploration."
He also pointed to the Arctic as an area for collaboration, saying it was time to "turn the page" on competition and build a relationship based on "cooperation." Both Putin and Trump described the meeting as "productive," but gave little information on their main objective: a ceasef