(CNN) President Donald Trump's desire to begin his summit with Vladimir Putin with a one-on-one meeting "absolutely suits" the Russian leader, the Kremlin said Tuesday.

Asked in a conference call with reporters if the Russian side would be comfortable with such a format, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "It absolutely suits us. You know that President Putin feels comfortable in any formats that are comfortable for his counterparts."

The Kremlin spokesman added that "a face-to-face meeting between Putin and Trump will take place at the beginning" of the summit, if a preliminary agreement were to be reached with the US side.

As exemplified by the summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore last month, Trump has an affinity toward face-to-face meetings with world leaders. In the case of Putin, Trump has already assessed their interpersonal ties up close, but wants more time to develop the leader-to-leader relationship, according to a person familiar with the summit's planning.

Trump has said that he wants to talk to Putin about Ukraine, Syria and election tampering.

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