During his upcoming visit to Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be provided with security by Russian law enforcement agencies and the US Secret Service, the latter’s former agent Bobby McDonald, said, TASS reports.

Political differences do not affect the protocol for safe visits of heads of state, McDonald stressed.

President Putin will have personal bodyguards from Russia and additional protection from the US Secret Service, and this approach is consistent with international practice, the expert added. .

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Friday in Anchorage, Alaska.