Kremlin says Putin, Trump to meet in third country

MOSCOW - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with local media on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump "agreed quite quickly to coordinate and hold a working meeting somewhere in a third country".

However, the final place of the working meeting has not been decided, he said, stressing that the meeting will happen prior to the exchange of visits of the two heads of state.

Working team communication between Russia and the United States is expected to be established in the coming days to prepare the summit meeting, Peskov added.

For the potential peace talks, the Kremlin spokesman noted that Ukraine will participate in a certain way.

"One way or another, of course, Ukraine will participate in the talks. Of course, there will be both a bilateral Russian-American dialogue and a talk Ukraine will get involved in," he said.

Peskov underlined that the two presidents had confirmed their intention to settle the Ukraine conflict through negotiations "even facing most complicated problems".