The Kremlin, asked on Monday about a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia, said that a meeting was necessary but that Putin had no trips to the Middle East planned for mid-May.

"Such a meeting is clearly on the agenda," the Kremlin spokesman said. “In many ways, we believe it is, of course, necessary. It must be properly prepared, and this requires efforts at a variety of expert levels.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump is necessary, though no concrete details are available at this stage. Source: Russian propaganda outlet RIA Novosti;