WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump plans to hold a Summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on his first foreign trip shortly after taking office, the Sunday Times reported, though a Trump spokeswoman denied the report as “completely false.”

Trump would seek to “reset” relations with the Kremlin, with Iceland the likely venue, emulating Ronald Reagan’s Reykjavik meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986 during the Cold War, the British newspaper reported, citing unnamed British officials it said had been informed of the plan.

Trump, who will be inaugurated on Friday, would begin work on a deal limiting nuclear weapons as part of his bid to reset relations between the two powers, it said.

Citing unnamed sources, the Sunday Times said Moscow was set to agree to a Trump-Putin Summit.

Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks denied the report, telling AFP it was “completely false.”

Iceland said it was not aware of such plans but was willing to host a Summit to help improve relations between Washington and Moscow.

“The Icelandic government has not received a query with regards to this,” Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson said in reply to a question from the mbl.is news website.

“If officials in Washington DC make a formal request for the Icelandic government to organize a Summit in Reykjavik we will look at it positively and make this our input to improve relations between the US and Russia, remember the Summit at Hofdi house in 1986,” he said.

Meanwhile, the outgoing CIA Director John Brennan on Sunday issued a stern parting rebuke to Trump days before he assumes the US presidency, advising him not to absolve Russia for its recent actions and warning him to watch what he says.

Brennan’s comments, in an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” laid bare the simmering tensions between the president-elect and the intelligence community he has criticized and is on the verge of commanding.

The CIA director said Trump needs to be mindful about his off-the-cuff remarks once he takes the oath of office on Friday, alluding to his penchant for making broad pronouncements on Twitter.

“Spontaneity is not something that protects national security interests and so therefore when he speaks or when he reacts, just make sure he understands that the implications and impact on the United States could be profound,” Brennan said.

“It’s more than just about Mr. Trump. It’s about the United States of America.”

“What I do find outrageous is equating the intelligence community with Nazi Germany,” Brennan said. “I do take great umbrage at that.”

Brennan also questioned the message it sends to the world if the president-elect broadcasts he does not have confidence in the US’ own intelligence agencies.

For months, Trump had publicly doubted US intelligence conclusions that Russia was behind cybertattacks against Democratic political groups before saying in a news conference on Wednesday that he thinks Russia was behind the hacking.

The US intelligence community concluded in a report presented to President Barack Obama and Trump last week that Russia tried to sway the outcome of the Nov. 8 election by hacking and other means. It did not make an assessment on whether they were successful.