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Putin, Trump to Talk One-on-One at G-20, Report Says

Putin and Trump are set to meet in Buenos Aires.

Putin, Trump to Talk One-on-One at G-20, Report Says
Souvenir matryoshka dolls depicting Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, left, and Donald Trump, US president. (Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will have around 20 minutes to talk in Buenos Aires before their delegations join them, RIA Novosti reports, citing an unidentified member of one of the delegations.

The two presidents are planning to meet at 5:30pm Moscow time on Saturday at the G-20 summit to focus on bilateral relations and strategic stability, including the future of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters at a briefing Wednesday.

Other international security issues such, as Ukraine, Iran, Syria and the Korean Peninsula may also be discussed, he said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Alexei Anishchuk in Moscow at aanishchuk@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Scott Rose at rrose10@bloomberg.net

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