The US says an independent Palestinian state should be established through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and not through UN action
Trump advisor John Bolton to meet Russian officials in Geneva next week
The Kremlin said on Wednesday preparations were underway for a meeting in Geneva next week between Russian officials and White House national security adviser John Bolton, the first top-level meeting since the Russian and US presidents met in Helsinki.
Published : 15 August 2018, 11:35 AM
Updated : 15 August 2018, 11:35 AM
"Such contacts are indeed planned and being prepared," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call on Wednesday. Peskov did not elaborate further.
US President Donald Trump faced criticism at home after he met Vladimir Putin in the Finnish capital in July, and refused to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the 2016 US election.
A new round of US sanctions targeting Russia was announced in the wake of that criticism, prompting the Russian rouble to fall sharply.
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