By Anthony Marcus for Eurasia Business News, August 15, 2025. Article n°1716

The joint press conference between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin began after their restricted talks at the Alaska Summit on August 15. The two leaders held discussions primarily focused on the war in Ukraine, aiming at pursuing peace.

Putin began the news conference with a historical lecture on Alaska, Orthodox churches, and Russian place names. He also touched on the military alliance between the United States and the U.S.S.R. during World War II.

Then the Russian president spoke about the summit :

“The talks were held in a constructive and respectful atmosphere”, said Vladimir Putin.

“Our relations have slipped to their lowest point since the Cold War” – Putin.

“The Russian Federation and the United States are close neighbors, although they are separated by an ocean”, Putin said.

“A significant part of the common history of Russia and the United States is connected with Alaska”, Putin said.

“President Trump and I have established very good direct contacts” – Putin.

Putin thanked Trump for the offer to come to Alaska.

“I expect that today’s agreements will be the starting point for achieving peace in Ukraine” – Putin.

“Russia is interested in ending the Ukrainian crisis and is ready to work on the security of Ukraine”.

“Russia considered and still considers the Ukrainian people fraternal, and what is happening is a tragedy and severe pain” – Putin.

“The situation around Ukraine has become one of the central issues of the summit in Alaska”, Putin said.

The U.S. president Donald Trump said that “the meeting was extremely productive.”

US President Donald Trump says he’s “always had a fantastic relationship with President (Vladimir) Putin” but that it was impeded by investigations during his first term into alleged Moscow’s interference into the 2016 US election.

“We had many, many tough meetings, good meetings,” Trump said during a joint news conference.

“We were interfered with by the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. I’ve made it a little bit tougher to deal with, but he understood it,” Trump said.

The U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not answer journalists’ questions after the summit.

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