Russia’s US envoy hopes arrangements reached at Trump-Putin summit will come true

19 Jul, 2018 14:34

“I want to believe, I want to hope that those handshake agreements and understandings reached between presidents will come true,” Alexander Antonov, Russian ambassador to the US, said, referring to the milestone one-on-one meeting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. He added that the Russian side made “very serious” proposals to their US counterparts, including on fighting terrorism and other issues. Nevertheless, the diplomat said, some issues remain unresolved and are poisoning US-Russia relation