READ MORE:Putin-Trump meeting at G20 equally important for Russia, US & intl stability – Kremlin 

Earlier, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said the long-awaited meeting is scheduled for July 7, but did not specify its format.

Conflicts in Syria and Ukraine will be among other issues on the agenda during the meeting between the two leaders, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated.

“Of course, both Syria and Ukraine will be in the spotlight, but the agenda is not limited to them,”Ryabkov told reporters in Moscow, adding that Putin and Trump are also to discuss strategic stability, as well as a number of bilateral issues.

“At least we believe that the American side will be ready for such dialogue, and we will see how the conversation really goes. Eventually, everything depends on the leaders,” Ryabkov said.

Relations between Moscow and Washington are currently “at the zero mark,” the Kremlin aide said, while pointing out that phone conversations aren’t enough to improve the situatio

Russian-American relations further deteriorated after Washington launched 59 Tomahawk missiles at Syria’s Shayrat Airbase near the city of Homs on April 7. The move came in retaliation to what Washington claimed was a Syrian government-orchestrated chemical weapons attack on Khan Shaykhun, which killed dozens of people. Damascus has firmly and repeatedly denied those allegations, while Moscow has repeatedly called for an international investigation to be conducted into the incident.

The populations of both nations see each other as foes, according to the latest polls. While 69 percent of Russian respondents consider America among hostile countries, according to a poll conducted by Russian research center Levada, a third of Americans surveyed saidthey view Russia as “unfriendly,” and a fifth regard it as an “enemy,” pollster YouGov has found.

Source:rt.com