MOSCOW President Donald Trump plans to meet President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16 for one-on-one talks, the White House said Thursday, a politically sensitive meeting that will take place while the special counsel continues to investigate the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia. "An agreement has been reached that on July 16 in Helsinki there will be a meeting between the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the President of the United States Donald Trump," the Kremlin said. The talks will see the two leaders discuss "the current state and prospects for development of Russian-US relations," according to the release.A statement from the White House said the men would also broach "a range of national security issues".Trump's national security advisor John Bolton met Putin in Moscow on Wednesday.
A summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is set for July 16 in Helsinki. The leaders are expected to discuss national security issues as well as Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections.