Putin: For the first time in five years he congratulated an American president on the 4th of July
In 2020, Putin had last sent a congratulatory telegram - again to Trump - on the Independence Day of the United States
Invitation from the Board of Trustees of Saint Nicholas National Shrine – Friday, September 19
The special evening will be graced by the presence of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Trump: Israel agreed to the terms of a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza
The US president stressed that peace efforts are coordinated by Qatar and Egypt - "I hope, for the sake of the Middle East, that Hamas will accept this agreement"