President Donald Trump arrives at Danang International Airport, Vietnam, on Friday. Trump is on a five-country trip through Asia travelling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. Photo: APBeijing/Danang: President Donald Trump will not meet formally with Russian president Vladimir Putin at an Asia-Pacific summit in Vietnam this week, the White House said Friday, amid US concerns that the meeting wouldn’t create genuine progress on key issues. But US secretary of state Rex Tillerson had downplayed the possibility in an interview on his flight from China to Vietnam. He said if there wasn’t the likelihood of progress on a number of issues, there was no point to a meeting.

Source: Mint November 10, 2017 06:45 UTC