WATCH Trump greet Putin as he arrives in Alaska
Trump arrived at the base onboard Air Force One shortly before Putin. A large sign reading 'Alaska 2025' was put on display at the end of the red carpet at the base, while four American fighter jets are positioned on either side of the carpet.
The two leaders are scheduled to meet at the Elmendorf-Richardson base. The initial talks will only involve the presidents and their aides. The full delegations will join later. Trump and Putin will also hold a joint press conference after the negotiations.
The summit could last between six and seven hours, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Although the resolution of the Ukraine conflict is widely expected to be one of the summit's central topics, the meeting's agenda would go far beyond that, according to Moscow.
The list of topics the two presidents are to discuss includes bilateral Russia-US relations, possible joint economic projects, and other regional and international issues, according to Peskov.
In addition to Putin, the Russian delegation includes Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov, and presidential economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who has been a key figure in the Ukraine settlement process.
The US delegation includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Special Envoy to Ukraine and the Middle East Steve Witkoff, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, according to White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will also join the summit for an expanded bilateral meeting and lunch, the White House said.
It is Putin's eighth visit to the US and the first one in about a decade. The last time the Russian president was in America was in 2015, when he attended the UN General Assembly in New York and held talks with then-President Barack Obama.
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