No definite arrangements in place for Putin-Trump meeting: Kremlin

[June 26, 2017]    MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday it was still premature to say anything certain about a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump next month because no definite arrangements had been made for it.

A combination of file photos showing Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, January 15, 2016 and U.S. President Donald Trump posing for a photo in New York City, U.S., May 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ivan Sekretarev/Pool/Lucas Jackson/File Photos

The two leaders are widely expected to hold their first personal meeting when they attend a G20 summit in Germany in July.

"Anyway, they (Putin and Trump) will be present at the same event, in the same city, at the same time. Anyway, there will be a possibility for such a meeting," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters.

"Let's wait for this G20 summit. But I repeat again: to our regret, there have so far been no definite arrangements regarding this (meeting)."

(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Vladimir Soldatkin)

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