Break to vow

Washington insists that in a joint statement, following the results of the Summit in Helsinki, the theme of Russian intervention in the American elections was present, Kommersant reports with reference to two sources in American government agencies. The American side demands that the document talk about the concern of the White House with 2016 presidential elections, and the Russian authorities gave guarantees that "this will not happen again."

According to sources, Moscow has already handed over to Washington a two -page project of the joint statement of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The document refers to the importance of cooperation between the first persons, diplomats, military and special services of the two countries. Cooperation between Russia and the USA is one of the factors of regional and world stability, the project emphasizes.

Putin's assistant Yuri Ushakov explained that the joint statement of the two presidents "will outline the further steps of the parties in terms of improving bilateral relations and in terms of joint actions in the international arena."

Meanwhile, Trump's adviser John Bolton to the question of possible agreements following the results of the summit replied that "the fact of holding a meeting may be considered an achievement." According to Bolton, negotiations will not be “rigidly structured”, and Putin and Trump will communicate one on one for some time. At the same time, the adviser did not rule out that any specific agreements would still be adopted.

According to Kommersant, initially the meeting of Putin and Trump was planned to be held in Vienna, but then high -ranking representatives of the White House insisted on transferring negotiations to Helsinki. According to one source of Kommersant, such a decision was made due to the outrage of the American administration by Austria’s refusal to join the expulsion of Russian diplomats in connection with the poisoning of ex-colonel GRU Sergei Skripal. The other two interlocutors of the publication said that in the Finnish capital it is easier to ensure the safety of the event.

According to Politico, Bolton, the head of the White House apparatus John Kelly, the director of the public administration public Bill Stein, the White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, the adviser to Trump on political issues, Stephen Miller, the presidential assistant Deng Skavino and other high-ranking officials, as well as also high-ranking officials, as well as also high-ranking officials, will go to Helsinki. The wife of President Melania Trump. Trump's daughter Ivanka and his son -in -law and at the same time senior adviser Jared Kushner were not part of the delegation.

The meeting of Putin and Trump will take place in Helsinki on June 16. In the negotiations, Ukraine, Syria and Russia's intervention in the American elections will be discussed. Trump promised to discuss the annexed Crimea with the Russian president and did not exclude the recognition of the peninsula by the Russian . The White House assures that the United States does not recognize the capture of Crimea and will not cancel sanctions for the annexation until the peninsula returned to Ukraine. The day before, the special representative of the State Department in Ukraine Kurt Walker confirmed the same .

As CNN reported, one of the agreements that can be reached in Helsinki is to control the Syrian dictator of Bashar al -Assad in the south of the country controlled by the rebels, in exchange for the possibility of their unhindered departure. Washington expects Moscow to create a new de-escalation zone in the south-west of Syria and will not allow pro-River forces to operate in the region. With the help of a Syria agreement, Trump expects to speed up the withdrawal of American troops from the country.