There will be no joint dinner: Putin and Trump immediately went home after the summit in Anchorage
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After a joint press conference in Anchorage, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin quickly left the venue for the talks, boarding their respective planes. The planned gala dinner was canceled without explanation, and before departing, the Russian leader managed to honor the memory of the Soviet military by laying flowers at the Fort Richardson memorial.
This is reported by CNN .
Less than an hour after the press conference in which they summed up the talks, the two presidents left Anchorage. Donald Trump headed to Washington, and Vladimir Putin to Moscow.
US President Donald Trump departed Elmendorf Air Force Base aboard Air Force One at around 4:20 p.m. local time and is now heading back to Washington, D.C. It is worth adding that Trump was on the ground in Alaska for about six hours.
At the same time, Putin turned to the audience while boarding his plane, waved and made a slight bow. Before boarding the plane, the Russian president visited the Fort Richardson Memorial Cemetery. Soviet pilots and sailors who died transporting equipment from the United States to the USSR during World War II are buried there.
In a video released by the Kremlin, Putin is seen kneeling near one of the graves, leaving a bouquet of flowers, crossing himself, and bowing his head silently for a few seconds. The Kremlin said the visit was planned in advance, even before the summit began.
After the official part of the meeting between the leaders of the US and Russia, a gala dinner was planned at the military base in Anchorage. Its menu has already appeared online: guests were to be offered filet mignon with brandy and green pepper sauce or Halibut “Olympia”, mashed potatoes with butter, baked asparagus, and for dessert – creme brulee with ice cream.
However, a few hours before the event, the White House announced changes to the US President’s schedule: Donald Trump is urgently leaving for Washington. The reasons for the cancellation of the dinner have not been officially announced.
It is worth adding that US President Donald Trump, after talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, stated that the summit was constructive and gave reason for optimism . He announced consultations with NATO and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but stressed that there are no final agreements yet.
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