The talks are due to take place late Friday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. There should be no shortage of subjects to discuss, including the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, North Korea’s nuclear program and efforts to combat terrorism. “Trump needs to be polite but firm and not too friendly,” said Michael O’Hanlon, a Russia expert at the Brookings Institution. Trump was embarrassed back in May when he was accused of revealing sensitive intelligence information to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a White House meeting. “I can’t imagine any issues they can actually make major headway on, given the poison that surrounds the relationship,” he said.

Source: Manila Times July 05, 2017 14:26 UTC