"High stakes!" – specified a brief entry appeared on Friday on a social media account of US president Donald Trump.
Trump on his way to Alaska. Added eloquent entry
What is happening in Alaska present in the United States? president Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will launch a Friday summit with a private conversation with interpreters. The talks will then proceed during the working lunch," said the Kremlin.
A large U.S. delegation, with 16 officials, left Washington for talks. Among its members were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick, CIA manager John Ratcliffe, White home spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, and US peculiar Envoy Steve Witkoff.
It is presently unclear which of these officials will be straight at the negotiating table with the Russian delegation. However, it is worth noting that Witkoff met Putin in the Kremlin last week, preparing the ground for the current talks in Alaska.
On the Russian side, 5 high-ranking representatives will participate in the talks, including Putin's abroad Policy Advisor Yuri Uszakov, Sergei Lawrow, Defence Minister Andrei Bielousov and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
On the another hand, the absence of Ukrainian representatives is noticeable, despite Kiev's calls and his European allies to participate in the talks. Trump noted, however, that his goal is to bring about a tripartite gathering with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski.
The US has suspended sanctions on Russia
As we wrote in NaTemat.pl, according to NBC station, the US Treasury Department issued a temporary licence abolishing a narrow scope of sanctions to let Russia to carry out the essential financial transactions related to the Alaska summit.
It is only about the actions essential to organise the summit. The licence does not include unlocking any frozen property under sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine or another transactions not straight related to the meeting.
This limited suspension applies until 20 August.
