This is the transcript of what Putin and Trump mentioned in Alaska

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin left Alaska Friday with out a ceasefire settlement, though each males described the assembly as constructive. 

In what was billed by the White Home as a press convention following their assembly, Mr. Trump and Putin took no questions, ignoring shouted ones from reporters. 

Putin spoke little of Ukraine, specializing in the bond and heritage between the U.S. and Russia, whereas Mr. Trump mentioned many factors had been agreed to, and some are left, concerning Ukraine. The U.S. president plans to name European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he mentioned. 

Here’s a transcript of what Mr. Trump and Putin mentioned: 

PUTIN: Mr. President, girls and gents, our negotiations have been held in a constructive environment of mutual respect. 

Now we have very thorough negotiations that had been fairly helpful. I wish to thank as soon as once more my American counterpart, for the proposal to journey out right here to Alaska. It solely is smart that we have met right here, as a result of our international locations, although separated by the oceans, are shut neighbors. So once we’ve met, after I got here out of the airplane and I mentioned, ‘Good afternoon, expensive neighbor. Superb to see you in good well being and to see you alive.’ I believe that may be very neighborly. I believe that is some sort phrases that we will say to one another. We’re separated by the strait of Bering, although, there are two islands solely between the Russian Island and the U.S. Island. They’re solely 4 kilometers aside. We’re shut neighbors, and it is a truth. 

It is also vital that Alaska has to do with our frequent heritage, frequent historical past between Russia and the U.S., and plenty of optimistic occasions must do with that territory. Nonetheless, there may be great cultural heritage, again from the Russian America, for instance, Orthodox church buildings, and rather a lot of- greater than 700 geographical names of Russian origin. In the course of the Second World Struggle, it was right here in Alaska that was the origin of the legendary air bridge for the availability of navy plane and different gear underneath the Lend-Lease Program. 

It was a harmful and treacherous route over the huge vacancy of ice. Nevertheless, the pilots of each international locations did every part to carry nearer the victory. They risked their lives and so they gave all of it for the frequent victory. I used to be simply within the metropolis of Magadan in Russia. And there’s a memorial there devoted to the Russian, the U.S. pilots. And there are two flags, the U.S. flag and the Russian flag. And I do know that right here as nicely, there may be such a memorial. There’s a navy burial place a number of kilometers away from right here. The Soviet pilots are buried there who died throughout that harmful mission. We’re grateful to the residents and the federal government of the U.S. for rigorously taking good care of their reminiscence. I believe that is very worthy and noble. We’ll at all times keep in mind different historic examples when our international locations defeated frequent enemies collectively within the spirit of battle camaraderie and allyship that supported one another and facilitated one another. I’m certain that this heritage will assist us rebuild and foster mutually helpful and equal ties at this new stage, even in the course of the hardest situations. 

It’s recognized that there have been no summits between Russia and the U.S. for 4 years, and that is a very long time. This time was very onerous for bilateral relations, and let’s be frank, they’ve fallen to the bottom level for the reason that Chilly Struggle. I believe that is not benefiting our international locations and the world as an entire. It’s obvious that in the end, we’ve got to amend the state of affairs to maneuver on from the confrontation to dialog, and on this case, a private assembly between the heads of state has been lengthy overdue, naturally, underneath the situation of significant and painstaking work, and this work has been completed.

Typically, me and President Trump have excellent direct contact. We have spoken a number of instances. We spoke frankly on the telephone. And the particular envoy of the president, Mr. Witkoff, traveled out to Russia a number of instances. Our advisers and heads of overseas ministries stored in contact on a regular basis, and we all know totally nicely that one of many central points was the state of affairs round Ukraine. 

We see the attempt of the administration and President Trump personally to assist facilitate the decision of the Ukrainian battle, and his attempt to get to the crux of the matter, to know this historical past, is treasured. As I’ve mentioned, the state of affairs in Ukraine has to do with elementary threats to our safety. Furthermore, we have at all times thought-about the Ukrainian nation, and I’ve mentioned it a number of instances, a brotherly nation. How unusual it might sound in these situations. Now we have the identical roots, and every part that is occurring is a tragedy for us, and horrible wound. Subsequently, the nation is sincerely concerned about placing an finish to it. 

On the identical time, we’re satisfied that with the intention to, to make the settlement lasting and long run, we have to eradicate all the first roots, the first causes of that battle, and we have mentioned it a number of instances, to think about all authentic issues of Russia and to reinstate a simply stability of safety in Europe and on the earth on the entire, and agree with President Trump, as he has mentioned right now, that naturally, the safety of Ukraine ought to be ensured as nicely. Naturally, we’re ready to work on that. 

I wish to hope that the settlement that we have reached collectively will assist us carry nearer that aim and can pave the trail in direction of peace in Ukraine. We count on that Kyiv and European capitals will understand that constructively and that they will not throw a wrench within the works. They won’t make any makes an attempt to make use of some backroom dealings to conduct provocations to torpedo the nascent progress.

By the way, when the brand new administration got here to energy, bilateral commerce began to develop. It is nonetheless very symbolic. Nonetheless, we’ve got a progress of 20%. As I’ve mentioned, we’ve got plenty of dimensions for joint work. It’s clear that the U.S. and Russian funding and enterprise cooperation has great potential. Russia and the U.S. can provide one another a lot in commerce, digital, excessive tech and in house exploration. We see that arctic cooperation can be very potential, in our worldwide context. For instance, between the far east of Russia and the West Coast of the U.S. 

General, it is crucial for our international locations to show the web page to return to cooperation. It’s symbolic that, not far-off from right here, the border between Russia and the US, there was a so-called Worldwide Date Line. I believe you’ll be able to step over, actually, from yesterday into tomorrow, and I hope that’s- will achieve that, within the political sphere. I wish to thank President Trump for our joint work, for the nicely wishing and reliable tone of our dialog. 

It is vital that each side are result-oriented and we see that the president of the U.S. has a really clear concept of what he wish to obtain. He sincerely cares concerning the prosperity of his nation. Nonetheless, he understands that Russia has its personal nationwide pursuits. 

I count on that right now’s agreements would be the place to begin, not just for the answer of the Ukrainian situation, but additionally will assist us carry again business-like and pragmatic relations between Russia and the U.S. 

And in the long run, I wish to add yet another factor. I would wish to remind you that in 2022, over the past contact with the earlier administration, I attempted to persuade my earlier American colleague, it ought to not- the state of affairs shouldn’t be delivered to the purpose of no return, when it will come to hostilities and settle for it fairly immediately again then, that could be a massive mistake. Right this moment, when President Trump is saying that if he was the president again then, there can be no struggle, and I am fairly certain that it will certainly be so. I can verify that. I believe that general, me and President Trump have constructed an excellent business-like and reliable contact, and have each motive to consider that shifting down this path, we will come and assume it higher to the top of the battle in Ukraine. Thanks. Thanks.

TRUMP: Thanks very a lot, Mr. President, that was very profound, and I’ll say that I consider we had a really productive assembly. There have been many, many factors that we agreed on, most of them, I might say, a few massive ones that we have not fairly gotten there, however we have made some headway. So there is no deal till there is a deal. 

I’ll name up NATO in a short time, I’ll name up the assorted folks that I believe are acceptable, and I will in fact, name up President Zelenskyy and inform him about right now’s assembly. It is in the end as much as them. They’ll must agree with what Marco and Steve and among the nice individuals from the Trump administration who’ve come right here, Scott and John Ratcliffe. Thanks very a lot. However we’ve got a few of our actually nice leaders. They have been doing an exceptional job. 

We even have some great Russian enterprise representatives right here. And I believe, you already know, all people needs to take care of us. We have turn into the most popular nation anyplace on the earth in a really quick time frame, and we look ahead to that. We look ahead to dealing- we’ll attempt to get this over with. 

We actually made some nice progress right now. I’ve at all times had a incredible relationship with President Putin, with Vladimir. We had many, many powerful conferences, good conferences. We had been interfered with by the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. It made it a bit bit more durable to take care of, however he understood it. I believe he is in all probability seen issues like that in the course of the course of his profession. He is seen- he is seen all of it. However we needed to put up with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. He knew it was a hoax, and I knew it was a hoax, however what was completed was very legal, but it surely made it tougher for us to deal as a rustic, by way of the enterprise, and the entire issues that wish to have handled, however we’ll have a superb probability when that is over.

So simply to place it in a short time, I’ll begin making just a few telephone calls and inform them what occurred. However we had a particularly productive assembly, and plenty of factors had been agreed to. There are only a only a few which might be left. Some will not be that important. One might be probably the most important, however we’ve got an excellent probability of getting there. We did not get there, however we’ve got an excellent probability of getting there. I wish to thank President Putin and his total group, whose faces who I do know, in lots of instances, in any other case, aside from that, whose- whose faces I get to see on a regular basis within the newspapers, you are very- you are nearly as well-known because the boss, however particularly this one proper over right here.

However we had some good conferences through the years, proper? Good, productive conferences through the years, and we hope to have that sooner or later. Let’s do the best one proper now. We will cease, actually, 5, 6, 7 thousand, 1000s of individuals per week from being killed, and President Putin needs to see that as a lot as I do. So once more, Mr. President, I would wish to thanks very a lot, and we’ll communicate to you very quickly, and possibly see you once more very quickly. Thanks very a lot, Vladimir.

PUTIN: Subsequent time in Moscow.

TRUMP: Ooh, that is an attention-grabbing one. I do not know. I will get a bit warmth on that one, however I might see it probably occurring. Thanks very a lot, Vladimir, and thanks all. Thanks. Thanks.

PUTIN: Thanks a lot.