President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet before the G20 summit in July, the Kremlin said Monday.

Officials said there is talk about a potential meeting between the two leaders prior to the summit, Reuters reported.

In January, Trump spoke with Putin over the phone. During that call, Trump condemned a 2010 nuclear arms-reduction treaty as a bad deal for the U.S. The treaty gives both countries until 2018 to cut their strategic nuclear missile launchers to 1,550, the lowest number in decades, and limits numbers of land- and submarine-launched missiles and heavy bombers.

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While Trump has praised Putin in the past, the president tweeted earlier this month that he didn't know Putin and had "no deals in Russia."

Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has faced backlash in recent days following a report that he spoke about sanctions against Russia with the country's ambassador before Trump was sworn in.

The Washington Post's report, which cites current and former U.S. officials, contradicts Flynn's earlier comments that he never discussed the topic with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during a series of phone calls the month before Trump took office.

A spokesman for Flynn walked back that denial last week, saying that while Flynn "had no recollection of discussing sanctions, he couldn’t be certain that the topic never came up,” according to the Post.

When asked Monday, Kislyak denied the reports that there had been talks between Russia and U.S. officials on easing sanctions.

"We have already said there have not been any [such talks]," he said, according to Reuters.