Rome, Aug. 15 (LaPresse) – Moscow will clearly state its position during the Russian-US talks in Alaska, and much has already been done in this regard during the visits of US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. This is according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as reported by the Tass news agency. "We are not crossing bridges before we get to them. We know we have arguments and our position is clear and precise. We will explain it,“ he said in a comment to the Rossiya-24 television channel. ”Much has already been done here during Steve Witkoff's visits. The president has already spoken about this. Witkoff spoke on behalf of [US] President Donald Trump. We hope to continue this useful conversation," the minister said. The August 15 meeting in Anchorage will be the first face-to-face meeting between Putin and Trump since June 2021, when Putin met with then-US President Joe Biden in Geneva. It will also be the first visit by a Russian leader to Alaska, which was sold to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million. Russian presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday that the meeting between Putin and Trump will be opened by a one-on-one talk, which will be attended only by the leaders and interpreters. According to him, the central topic of the meeting will be the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis, but Putin and Trump will also address “broader tasks to ensure peace and security, as well as current and most pressing international and regional issues.”