Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Saturday, marking a dramatic shift away from Western isolation of Moscow over its war in Ukraine. Speaking to Russian state media, Sergei Ryabkov said a possible Putin-Trump summit could involve broad talks on global issues, not just the war in Ukraine. The question is about starting to move towards normalising relations between our countries, finding ways to resolve the most acute and potentially very, very dangerous situations, of which there are many, Ukraine among them, he said. But he said efforts to organise such a meeting are at an early stage, and that making it happen will require the most intensive preparatory work." Ryabkov added that US and Russian envoys could meet within the next two weeks, to pave the way for further talks between senior officials. Russian and US representatives on Tuesday agreed to start working .