Putin hopes that Russia, US will understand they need to join forces

HELSINKI, July 16. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin is sure that Russia and the United States must join forces to combat common threats. "Today, both Russia and the USA face completely different challenges: dangerous unbalancing of international security and stability mechanisms, regional crises, spread of terrorism and transboundary crime, criminality, increase of global economy problems, ecological and other risks. We can tackle all this only by joining forces," the Russian leader stressed during the press conference on the outcomes of the Russia-US summit. "I hope we and our American partners will understand this," Putin noted. According to Putin, "today’s talks have reflected that President Trump and I are both interested in fixing the negative state of our bilateral relations, outlining the first steps for their improvement, restoring an acceptable level of trust and returning to former levels of cooperation on all issues of mutual interest." Read more