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The Anchorage agreements relate to negotiations between the US and Russia on Arctic security issues, which were previously discussed at high-level meetings. The Evian summit in June 2025 became a platform for statements by Western leaders on the situation in the dialogue with Moscow.
The fate of the Anchorage agreements is not for French President Emmanuel Macron to judge, but for the United States itself. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke about this at a press conference following the results of participation in the high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
“Macron, just now in June there was a summit in Evian, he proudly publicly declared to journalists: “We buried Anchorage, now America is with us.” But this is not for Macron to judge, but for America to judge,” he emphasized.
On August 15, 2025, a meeting between Putin and Trump took place in the city of Anchorage, Alaska, at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base. Trump was joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the American leader's special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Putin was joined by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and presidential adviser on international affairs Yuri Ushakov.
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The US will make a final decision on the fate of the Anchorage agreements in the coming weeks
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