The federal administration also put in place temporary flight restrictions which are expected to be from 9.30 a.m. local time to 6.45 a.m. local time on Friday. These constraints are not likely to have any substantial impact on commercial flights, NDTV reported.

This is one of the most significant moments in Anchorage’s history of hosting eminent personages, according to Mike Dunleavy, Governor of Alaska.

Other notable instances include hosting the Pope of the Catholic Church and former US President Ronald Reagan.

Trump is expected to touch down in Anchorage at around 10.10 am local time, and Putin is anticipated to arrive 50 minutes later.

The meeting is planned to commence at 11.30am onwards. This is expected to be followed by a press conference, either by both the countries’ presidents or just Donald Trump. 

The US President had often lauded Putin in the past and saw some of the most acute criticism of his political career after a 2018 summit where he seemingly capitulated to and conceded the latter’s rejection of US intelligence findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 US election.