Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said: "We hope the upcoming meeting between Putin and Trump will give impetus to normalizing relations with the United States."

This came in a breaking news report by Cairo News.

For his part, US Vice President J.D. Vance said that the United States is working to set a date for talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

He added in an interview with Fox News on Sunday that he does not believe it would be productive for Putin to sit down with Zelensky before meeting with President Donald Trump.