President Donald Trump described his much-anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “off to a good start,” after meeting one-on-one with Putin for over two hours on Monday.

Trump made his remarks to reporters before the start of a ‘working lunch’ with Putin and his aides, which followed the two leader’s private session.

Before meeting with Putin, Trump said that the US and Russia will end up having an “extraordinary relationship,” despite current difficulties, adding “I think the world wants to see us get along.” Before his private discussion with Putin, Trump told reporters that he intended to discuss “everything from trade to military to missiles to nuclear to China.”

#Trump & #Putin sitting down for “working lunch”. At 4.30pm local time! One-on-one meeting went on for 2 hours, rather than 90 minutes scheduled. #HELSINKI2018 pic.twitter.com/H1nzldTU3f

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Source: rt