Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump could meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, which will be held in China in November, if both leaders attend.
Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said it appeared inevitable that Putin and Trump would speak if they were at the same event. Ushakov added that no indication or signal of preparations for a possible meeting had been received so far.
Ushakov noted that about three months remained until the summit and said many important international events would take place before the meeting. He said the possibility of a meeting would become clearer over time.

Lavrov criticizes NATO and EU countries
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a separate television interview that NATO and European Union countries could not publicly distance themselves from their positions on providing military aid to Ukraine and pursuing anti-Russian policies.
Lavrov said Russia would take into account the actions of openly anti-Russian elites in the United Kingdom, Brussels, Paris, Berlin and other NATO and EU countries. He argued that these circles had previously tried to publicly distance themselves from the steps they had taken, but claimed that such efforts would not produce results.