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Caitlin Doherty

Healey hopes Trump-Putin summit could be ‘first step’ on road to peace

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to meet later today (AP) -

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s summit on Ukraine could be a “first step towards serious negotiations” for peace, the Defence Secretary has suggested.

John Healey said the end to any conflict “must come from diplomacy”, before Friday’s meeting between the two leaders in Alaska.

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