A historical meeting. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump met this Friday, August 15 in Alaska for a summit focused on the conflict in Ukraine. Manual mango, press conference, invitation to Moscow: return to the outstanding images of this summit.
• A first handshake since 2019
After several flight hours, the planes of the US and Russian presidents landed in the Elmendorf-Richardson military base. In the asphalt, the Russian president walked on a red carpet to his American counterpart that applauded him. The two leaders set their hands, Vladimir Putin slipped some words to Donald Trump. This is the first since 2019.
• A bomber plane and combat planes fly on the asphalt
During this meeting, a B-2 bomber aircraft and four F-35 combat planes flew over the asphalt.
• The two leaders rose in the same car
Shortly after the first handshake between the two leaders, they exchanged a second in front of a “Alaska 2025” podium before climbing the same car. The Russian and American presidents joined the Summit Hall aboard Donald Trump’s presidential limousine, nicknamed “the beast” (the beast, editor’s note).
A shared vehicle that is not common. CNN specifies that, according to Russian media, it was Donald Trump who proposed to his counterpart to enter his armored car.
• A very short press conference
The two presidents appeared to the press, after a meeting, with their respective advisors, of just under three hours. A Speation express during which any journalists answered and exchanged a new handshake.
• Vladimir Poutine suggests Donald Trump to surrender “in Moscow”
At the end of the press conference, Donald Trump to “grateful” his Russian counterpart, and added that the two men “will probably return soon.”
“Next time in Moscow?” Then Vladimir Putin suggested, smiling.
“Oh! It is interesting,” he replied to the White House tenant, believing that such a meeting “could happen.”
This summit was particularly expected, but did not arise in any specific announcement. The two leaders did not mention cease-fireNot to mention the military situation in Ukraine or a possible tripartite meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, However, mentioned in recent days by Donald Trump.
Source: BFM TV
