The Kremlin's spokesman said today Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump would address reporters after their Helsinki summit next week but were not obliged to make a joint statement.
"There will be a joint press conference of the two presidents," Dmitry Peskov told reporters, referring to Monday's meeting, the first summit between Putin and Trump.
"And no, a joint statement is not an obligatory attribute of such meetings. The presidents will make statements based on the results of the summit."