The upcoming meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump is a positive development, which will play an important role in normalizing Russia-U.S. ties, Russian upper house speaker Valentina Matvienko said.
"The decision on holding a full-fledged summit is a very positive development," ABC News cited her as saying.
"We hope it will play a very important role in helping begin the normalization of Russia-U.S. ties," Matvienko noted.
