After the talks wrapped at Tuesday's meeting in Saudia Arabia, Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told Russia's Channel One that no date has been set yet for a President Donald Trump summit but that it was "unlikely" to take place next week.
Ushakov's remarks suggested the two sides made little progress. Russia and the United States agreed to "take each other's interests into account" and advance their relations. He added it was "hard to say" the two countries’ positions "are getting closer, but there was talk about it.
Previously, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters the talks would be primarily focused on "restoring the entire range of U.S.-Russian relations, as well as preparing possible talks on the Ukrainian settlement and organizing a meeting of the two presidents."
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce has said the meeting was aimed at determining how serious the Russians are about wanting peace and whether detailed negotiations can be started.
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