After Alaska summit Trump says “great progress” no deal yet

By Kathryn Watson, Haley Ott, Stefan Becket | CBS News

What to know about the Trump-Putin meeting today

• President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered statements in Alaska after their high-stakes meeting over ending the war in Ukraine.
• In brief remarks, Putin hinted at unspecified “agreements” and Mr. Trump called the meeting “extremely productive,” but neither leader referenced a ceasefire in Ukraine, which Mr. Trump was aiming to secure coming into the meeting.
• The two leaders met alongside top aides for nearly three hours at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage after a carefully choreographed welcome that included a red carpet and military flyover.
• CBS News 24/7 has live coverage of the summit from Anchorage, which you can watch in the player above.

Putin invites Trump to Moscow for next conversation

As the U.S. president concluded his brief remarks, he told Putin, “We’ll speak to you very soon.”

In English, Putin responded: “Next time in Moscow.”

“Oh, that’s an interesting one,” Mr. Trump said. “I don’t know. I’ll get a little heat on that one. But I can see it possibly happening.”

Both Mr. Trump and Putin thanked reporters before exiting the stage, refusing shouted questions from reporters.

Trump says they made “some great progress” but “there’s no deal until there’s a deal,” takes no questions

After Putin concluded his remarks, Mr. Trump began by saying the two leaders had a “very profound” meeting. “Many points were agreed to,” Mr. Trump said, saying he and Putin agreed on “most points.”

“There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say,” Mr. Trump said. “A couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there but we’ve made some headway. So there’s no deal until there’s a deal. I will call up NATO in a little while. I will call up the various people that I think are appropriate. I will of course call up President Zelenskyy and tell him about today’s meeting.” 

The president took no questions from the press. 

“We’re going to try and get this over with. We really made some great progress today,” Mr. Trump said.

Putin says he hopes “agreements” are “starting point” for “solution of the Ukrainian issue”

He hinted that the two sides have reached agreements in their talks but did not specify what they entailed. 

Putin said U.S.-Russia relations have “fallen to the lowest point since the Cold War.” The Russian leader said Mr. Trump wants to get to the “crux of the matter” of the conflict in Ukraine. 

Putin, who launched the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, said the “situation in Ukraine has to do with fundamental threats to our security.” 

Putin said he is convinced that in order to make any settlement lasting long term, “we need to eliminate all the primary roots, the primary causes of that conflict.”

He also hinted that he wants to normalize relations with the U.S. more generally.

“I expect that today’s agreements will be the starting point not only for the solution of the Ukrainian issue but also will help us bring back business-like and pragmatic relations between Russia and the U.S.,” Putin said.

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