Russian President Vladimir Putin said that both he and US leader Donald Trump want to hold a face-to-face meeting, TASS reports.

"Both parties expressed their interest; it doesn't matter who was the first to say it," Putin told reporters, when asked who had initiated the summit.

Trump had expressed the wish to hold a meeting with Putin the day after his inauguration in January. Over the next six months, the US leader maintained his fervor for holding a summit.

Putin, in turn, had said during a visit to the Belarusian capital of Minsk in June that a meeting between him and Trump was "quite possible." He had specified that he was "always open for communication and meetings."

"I know that Mr. Trump has also talked about the possibility of a meeting. Just like him, I also believe that this sort of contact needs to be prepared. As a result, our cooperation should reach new heights," the Russian president had added back then.