Sources told the newspaper Kommersant that the Kremlin has submitted a two-page document to the White House with a first draft of a potential statement Moscow hopes Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will make at the conclusion of their Helsinki summit next week.
The document reportedly emphasizes the importance of maintaining a dialogue between the Russian and U.S. heads of state, diplomats, militaries, and intelligence agencies, and calls for closer economic ties and more contact between Russians and Americans. The statement would describe U.S.-Russian cooperation as one of the vital components of regional and global stability.
