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In search of PEACE/ Trump and Putin will meet at the American military base

2025-08-13 09:01:39Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
In search of PEACE/ Trump and Putin will meet at the American military base
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The White House has officially selected Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, as the location where US President Donald Trump will meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Friday, a landmark summit that marks the first high-level meeting between the two countries in more than four years.

US officials faced difficulties securing a suitable location for the meeting, as summer is the peak tourist season in Alaska and available options were limited.

While cities like Juneau and Fairbanks were in the running, only Anchorage offered options that met the security requirements for an event of this caliber.

According to two White House officials, despite the desire to avoid a military environment, only the Elmendorf-Richardson base met the standards to ensure adequate security for leaders.

This initiative is developing at an accelerated pace. Preparations between the US and Russia are still underway, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are engaged in intensive coordination to detail the technical aspects of the meeting.

President Trump has emphasized that this will be an “introductory meeting,” with low expectations for concrete results. “The president wants to see it face to face, hear it for himself and form a personal assessment,” Rubio said in a radio interview.

Why Alaska?

The choice of Alaska as the meeting location comes after a lengthy negotiation between the two sides. With an international arrest warrant issued for Putin by the International Criminal Court, European destinations were ruled out as possibilities, while the United Arab Emirates – proposed by Putin himself – was rejected to avoid another long trip to the Middle East after Trump's recent visit there.

Ultimately, the options narrowed down to Hungary – a close ally of both leaders – and the US. According to official sources, Putin’s acceptance of coming to American soil, especially to a territory that was once part of the Russian Empire, was considered a symbolic move.

"I feel honored that the president of Russia is coming to our country, and not the other way around," Trump declared this week.

However, Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton, criticized the decision, saying: "The only better location for Putin than Alaska would be Moscow."

Closed-door meeting and Zelensky's absence

The agenda calls for a portion of the meeting to be held face-to-face between the two leaders, with only their respective interpreters present. This has raised concerns among some officials about transparency and documentation of the discussions, especially considering Trump's previous meetings with Putin, where even top aides were denied access.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not attend the summit, but Trump has scheduled a phone call with him and European leaders immediately after the meeting ends.

The meeting follows a visit by Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Moscow last week, where the idea for this summit was discussed and finalized. The full details of that conversation remain unclear.

Trump and Putin have met several times before during the US president's first term, including in Helsinki (2018) and Hamburg (2017), where their discussions often sparked major debates in American and international politics.


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