Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested holding his next meeting with President Donald Trump in Moscow, Russia’s capital city, after their high-stakes summit in Alaska wrapped up Friday without a ceasefire deal in the Ukraine war.
As the two leaders concluded their remarks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Trump thanked Putin and said they would “probably” meet again soon.
Putin, switching briefly to English, responded: “Next time in Moscow.”
Trump, smiling, acknowledged the political risk of such a trip. “Oh, that’s an interesting one. I’ll get a little heat on that one, but I could see it possibly happening,” he said.
Both leaders departed Anchorage shortly after the summit — Putin by plane following a stop at the Fort Richardson Memorial Cemetery to honor Soviet soldiers, and Trump aboard Air Force One for a six-hour flight back to Washington.
The Alaska meeting had been framed as a chance to negotiate an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine. Ahead of the talks, Trump had warned of “severe consequences” if Putin refused to halt the conflict, but he did not mention any new measures or threats during his post-summit remarks.
Trump also left unclear when a proposed follow-up summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy might take place, though he told Putin, “We’ll speak to you very soon, and probably see you again very soon.”
