HELSINKI, July 16./TASS/. US President Donald Trump has described his face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki as a "very good start".

"Very good start," the US leader said in reply to journalists’ request to comment on the talks. The one-on-one talks lasted more than two hours. At the moment, the leaders are holding a larger meeting attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo among others.