Russia 'open' to Putin visit after Trump's invite, top envoy says

Moscow is ready to discuss a visit to Washington by president Vladimir Putin, Russia’s top envoy to the US has said. A day after Donald Trump stunned many with his surprise invitation to the Russian leader, while still trying to defend their controversial meeting in Helsinki on Monday, ambassador Anatoly Antonov said Russia believed it was “important to deal with the results” of their first summit before jumping too fast into a new one. Mr Antonov told Associated Press while he had not seen the invitation from the White House, “Russia was always open to such proposals.

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