A White House aide said the Trump administration is “exploring” the opportunity of a possible meeting between President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Senior director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council Richard Hooker confirmed to the the Russian news agency TASS on Wednesday that “both sides" are looking at the possibility of a sit-down.

“I don't think any decisions have been made, or details have been worked out, but I believe both sides are exploring an opportunity to try to do that," Hooker said.

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Trump discussed inviting Putin to the United States during a phone call in late April, during which the president also reportedly said he’d be happy to see Putin in the White House.

The Kremlin later revealed that Putin also “would then be glad to meet on a reciprocal visit," Reuters reported.

According to a report published by The Wall Street Journal last week, the Russian leader has also considered organizing a meeting with Trump in Vienna and discussed the issue with Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz.

The paper also reported that the U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah, has visited Washington to sit down with Trump administration officials in efforts to arrange the meeting.

Trump and Putin had their first official meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in July 2017.

The president's interactions with Putin are the subject of particularly intense scrutiny in the U.S., because of the ongoing special counsel and congressional investigations into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow as part of the Kremlin's 2016 election meddling.