Putin and Trump meet over dinner, discuss Ukraine
BUENOS AIRES: Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has briefed his US counterpart Donald Trump on the Ukraine crisis as he came under pressure over Moscow’s foreign policy at the G-20 summit in Argentina.
Putin said he explained Moscow’s position to Trump when the leaders met briefly at a summit dinner on Friday.
“We spoke standing up. I replied to his questions about the incident in the Black Sea,” Putin told reporters at the end of the summit on Saturday.
Putin strode into the summit under a cloud, having drawn outrage from Europe over last week’s incident in which Russian navy detained three Ukrainian ships and 24 sailors - causing Trump to abruptly cancel their scheduled meeting on the sidelines of the summit.
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko kept up the pressure from Kiev, saying Putin had refused to take his calls since the crisis started.
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