- Title: Russia's Putin praises Donald Trump for N.Korea talks
- Date: 3rd October 2019
- Summary: SOCHI, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 3, 2019) (RUSSIAN POOL) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SHAKING HANDS WITH PEOPLE IN AUDIENCE AND GOING TO STAGE AUDIENCE STANDING UP TO GREET PUTIN VARIOUS OF PUTIN AND PARTICIPANTS OF VALDAI FORUM TAKING SEATS VARIOUS OF MODERATOR SPEAKING PUTIN GOING TOWARDS PODIUM VALDAI SUMMIT PARTICIPANTS ON STAGE KAZAKH PRESIDENT, KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV, AND PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT, RODRIGO DUTERTE SEATED ON STAGE (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING (STARTS OVER PUTIN ADDRESSING AUDIENCE): "In this regard, I would like to note: as soon as the United States decided on a direct dialogue with Democratic People's Republic of Korea, (OVER PUTIN SPEAKING) - without any preliminary formalities and conventionalities and giving up on its habitual, sometimes quite aggressive and offensive rhetoric - the hope for peaceful settlement (in North Korea) appeared immediately. Surely, we see that there are many unresolved problems and there's a long way ahead of us, but still there's a movement in the right direction." AUDIENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "Here we must give credit to President (Donald) Trump's courage and his ability to make unorthodox moves. As for many decades (OVER AUDIENCE) the U.S. presidents have been ignoring the DPRK and (OVER FORMER AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI LISTENING) treated it as nothing but an outcast. Mr. Trump managed to make a historic (OVER AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV SEATED ON STAGE) move, to overcome the border line of miscommunication and estrangement. (OVER PUTIN ADDRESSING AUDIENCE) and to meet with Kim Jong-un and to start the process of negotiations." PUTIN ADDRESSING AUDIENCE
- Embargoed: 17th October 2019 17:01
- Keywords: Russia President Vladimir Putin Valdai summit Donald Trump U.S. North Korea talks historic move
- Location: SOCHI, RUSSIA
- City: SOCHI, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZJNDQF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (October 3) praised Donald Trump for what he said was the U.S. president's historic move to enter into talks with North Korea to defuse nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Trump held a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last year and a second one in February, although the talks aimed at dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear programmes then stalled.
The United States and North Korea are set to hold fresh nuclear talks on Oct. 5.
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