“In the next few weeks we will know what will happen to Putin,” Trump said. From the Kremlin they are open but should be done “gradually.”
He Kremlin He gave importance to the rumors of a summit among the Russian president, Vladimir Putinand the Ukrainian, Volodimir Zelenski. At the same time, the US president Donald Trump renewed his call to meet But he believes that Putin is possible “does not want to agree” the end of the war.
This impulse for a bilateral meeting was given after the Trump-Poutin meeting in Alaskalast Friday, August 15, and the visit of seven European leaders, together with Zelenskithis Monday in the White House.
Trump admitted that the conflict was “difficult” to resolve and acknowledged that It was possible that the Russian president was not interested in ending hostilities. “In the next few weeks we will know what will happen to Putin. You may not want to reach an agreement,” he said.
Russia minimizes conversations with Ukraine
Despite an initial impulse for a tripartite summit, Trump now suggests that “It would be better” If the two leaders initially gathered without him, although he would attend “if necessary”, but wanted to “see what happens.”
While Putin told Trump on Monday that I was “open” to maintain direct conversations with Ukrainethe next day its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrovexpanded that any meeting would have to be prepared “gradually … with experts and then following all the required steps.”
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For his part, the Russian attached representative before the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, He told the BBC that “nobody has rejected” the opportunity to hold direct conversations, “but it should not be a meeting for the simple fact of meeting.”
The NATO military bosses are expected to maintain a virtual meeting on Wednesday, while the military chief of the United Kingdom, Admiral Tony Radakin, travels to Washington to discuss the deployment of a security force in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin described his encounter with Donald Trump as “very useful”: they transcend the conditions he would have put for peace
He Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the meeting he held with the American president Donald Trump turned out “timely” and “Very useful”As explained, during the meeting They discussed possible paths to end Conflict in Ukraine in “fair way ”
A day after the summit in Alaskathe leader of the Kremlin addressed senior officials in Moscow and stressed: “ We had not maintained direct negotiations of this type at this level“To this added:”We had the opportunity to reiterate our posture calmly and detail”
Putin also stressed that “The conversation was very frank, substantial and, in my opinion, brings us closer to the necessary decisions”
According to Financial Times, the Russian president would have requested to keep the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk As a condition to end war. These terms will be put into consideration by the Ukrainian leader, Volodimir Zelenski, in a meeting that will have Donald Trump on Monday.
Source: Ambito
