The American president himself confirmed it in his networks: “The meeting between my person, as president of the United States of America, and the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025 in the great state of Alaska.”
This historic summit will become the first meeting between an American president and a Russian president from the meeting between Joe Biden and Putin in Geneva in 2021.
In addition, Trump indicated that the peace agreement in Ukraine, mediated by the US, I could contemplate “territories exchanges” to “improve the situation of both countries” involved in the conflict.
The US head of state reiterated his intention to seek a Fire in Ukraine and admitted that the negotiations for the summit were delayed by security requirements.
For his part, President Putin spoke with the leaders of China and India About preparatories for next Friday.
China was favorable to a “peaceful solution to the conflict” and expressed satisfaction with the open dialogue between the United States and Russia about Ukraine. While the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, declared after speaking with Putin: “I had a detailed conversation with President Putin.”
Both China and India have promoted peace initiatives on their own, although at the moment they have not achieved substantial advances.
Regarding the possible headquarters for future conversations between Russia and Ukraine, Putin mentioned the United Arab Emirates As an option, although it has not been confirmed by Washington.
The US does not rule out a possible trilateral encounter with Zelensky after the meeting with Putin, although they point out that this is not an indispensable requirement.
In Ukraine, hostilities extend after more than three years of conflict initiated by the Russian invasion in February 2022. According to official sources, tens of thousands of people have died and millions have been displaced, mainly in the east and south of the country.
Source: Ambito