"Next time in Moscow": Putin extends Trump invitation as summit ends

At the conclusion of Friday's "productive" but inconclusive summit on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped to President Trump: "Next time in Moscow."The intrigue: Putin made the remark in English, a language he rarely speaks in public. The suggestion drew a surprised chuckle from Trump, who didn't rule it out but said he'd "get a little heat for that one."The big picture: If Trump were to travel to Russia, it would be the first time in over a decade that an American president set foot on Russian soil.Putin is angling for a more friendly relationship with the U.S. after being isolated on the world stage, and would likely consider such a visit a major coup.But there's no sign as of now that it's likely to happen.What they're saying: Putin's "next time in Moscow" quip came just at the end of Trump's televised remarks. "Oh, that's an interesting one," Trump replied. "I'll get a little heat on that one, but I could see it possibly happening." The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment on the president's willingness to travel to the Russian capital. Catch up quick: In a joint press briefing, President Trump called the highly-anticipated peace talks "productive" but said that the two leaders "didn't get there" on a ceasefire or on ending the war in Ukraine. Trump said the two agreed on many issues but could not come to an agreement on "the biggest one." Putin said that it was very important for the two countries "to go back to cooperation," and that it was time for the superpowers to shift from "confrontation to dialogue."Neither Putin nor Trump offered any details of a potential agreement. Flashback: Barack Obama was the last U.S. president to visit Russia over a decade ago, according to the State Department.Obama traveled to St. Petersburg for the G-20 summit in 2013. Zoom out: Friday's meeting was the eighth time President Putin has visited the U.S. since he took office in 1999, State Department records show. This was also Putin's first meeting with a U.S. president since 2021, prior to the start of the war in Ukraine. Go deeper: Trump: Putin summit productive but "we didn't get there" on Ukraine deal

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