US President Donald Trump has announced to reporters in the White House that he is likely to meet with Russian head of state Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia. It is not clear that the meeting will take place, but according to Trump it will not be in a very distant future. At the same time, he said he still had no plan to visit Ukraine, but did not rule out the possibility of a future visit.
The news came after a time on Wednesday between the two telephone conversation, which lasted an hour in which negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, launched immediately.
Trump described his conversation with Putin as a good conversation and pointed out that he did not think it was practical to have a NATO membership. The US president also said that Putin “wants peace”, adding that he is confident that the Russian president wants to see the end of the war.
Trump also said that Washington will still send help to Ukraine, “but we want it to be secured.”
Trump’s statement also comes after a one -hour telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, who was informed about the conversation with Putin.
Zelenski himself said after his conversation with Trump that “together with the United States we are drawing our next steps to stop Russian aggression and secure a lasting, reliable peace.”
“As President Trump said, let’s do it,” he adds. According to him, Trump has agreed to maintain further contacts and plan up to date meetings.
Earlier in the day, Zelenski told Kiev at a joint press conference with US Secretary of Finance Scott Buzant, who was on visit there that he hoped that on the occasion of the Munich Security Conference, Kiev and Washington would finalize economic agreements.
And Badent said the United States is demanding an economic agreement in return for its support for Ukraine, France reported.
“We would like to conclude an agreement on economic cooperation. And in return for this agreement, the United States will continue to provide material support to Ukraine and the population,” Buzant said
Later, both Trump and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported that each of the two presidents had invited the other to the visit to his country and everyone promised to do so
Most recently, Putin talked to a US president in February 2022, when he had a conversation with Joe Biden shortly before he ordered thousands of soldiers to invade Ukraine.
According to Peskov Putin and Trump, they discussed the Middle East, bilateral relations, Ukraine and the exchange of prisoners between Washington and Moscow, the State Information Agency TASS reported.
“The Russian president invited the US president to visit Moscow and expressed their willingness to accept US officials in Russia in these areas of mutual interest, including, of course, the topic of Ukrainian settlement,” Peskov said.
“Putin and Trump also agreed to continue their personal contacts, including organizing a face -to -face meeting,” he adds, but it is not clear when this meeting may take place.
Donald Trump, in turn, commented on the conversation with Putin on social media, writing that both Zelenski and Putin want peace.
The US president adds that a meeting is being organized on Friday in Munich, Germany, which will be led by Vice President Jay Di Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“I hope the results of this meeting will be positive. It is time to stop this ridiculous war, in which there was a massive and completely unnecessary death and destruction. God bless the people of Russia and Ukraine!”, Trump wrote.
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