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'THE COLD WAR IS OVER' Donald Trump hails ‘first step to a brighter future’ following historic talks with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki--The pair spoke at a joint press conference today after meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland
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VLADIMIR Putin today hailed his historic summit with Donald Trump as "successful" after the pair spent almost two hours chatting one-on-one.
The pair spoke at a joint press conference today after meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland.
Trump declared: "We made the first steps towards a brighter future, grounded on cooperation and peace. Refusing to engage will not accomplish anything.
"The disagreements between our two countries are well-known and president Putin and I discussed them at length today.
"Even during the tensions of the Cold War, when the world looked much different than it does today, Russia and the US were able to maintain a strong dialogue.
"Our relationship has never been worse than it is now. However, that changed. As of about four hours ago. This was a very constructive day, a very constructive few hours we spent together. I’m sure we’ll be meeting again in the future, often."
"The world want to see us getting along, we have 90 per cent of the nuclear, this is not a good thing, it’s a bad thing. It’s a negative force. We’ll be talking about that."
Trump had earlier attacked the ongoing FBI investigation into Russian election interference, dubbing it a "Rigged Witch Hunt" in a series of tweets.
Trump landed in Helsinki yesterday to prepare for today's meeting with the Russian leader having also described the EU as one of the US's biggest "foes".
This morning Trump tweeted: "Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!
"But for Russia and the United State..
