President Donald Trump will meet with Vladimir Putin on Friday (Picture: REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo)

Their relationship has been the subject of intense scrutiny in recent months.

But on Friday, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, will meet at the G20 summit in Hamburg for the first time since the president took office.

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A Kremlin official this morning confirmed the meeting, which will take place as alleged Russian interference in the US election continues to be investigated.

Russia has denied all allegations while Trump has said any suggestion of collusion is a ‘witch hunt’.


Tensions between the two countries have increased over intervention in Syria.

Tensions between the two countries have grown over Syria (Picture: Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Confirming the meeting, Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said the two are likely to discuss the fight against terrorism and Ukraine, as well as the conflict in the Middle East.



He added that the Kremlin also expects the US to quickly return the Russian Embassy’s compounds, which were closed by the previous Obama administration.

He noted that Russia has demonstrated a remarkable restraint by refraining from a tit-for-tat response, but added that its patience is running out.

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