Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on Thursday with top government officials on the upcoming summit with US President Trump in Alaska. In a short video of the opening remarks released by the Kremlin, Putin said that Trump's administration "is making, in my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, stop the crisis and reach agreements that are of interest to all parties involved in this conflict in order to create long-term conditions of peace between our countries, and in Europe, and in the world as a whole, if we reach agreements in the area of control over strategic offensive weapons at the next stage."