Washington – President Trump is working Coordinate a meeting Between the Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelanski, the first face-to-face conversation between the two leaders. Russia invaded Ukraine More than three years ago,
When asked about arranging the meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said on Fox and Friends that he will first meet Putin and Zelansky before joining themselves, saying “they are not the best friends.”
“I hope President Putin is going to be good, and if he is not, it is going to be a thick situation,” said Mr. Trump. She said that she is hoping that Zelancesi would “do what she has to do,” saying that she has to show some flexibility. “
Sri Trump’s efforts come a day after an extraordinary series of meetings at the White House between the US President, Zelansky and European leaders. In the performance of unity, Zelanski and European leaders emphasized the importance of security guarantee in a peace deal, which Mr. Trump said that could come with us Coordination,
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Meditation has now turned into a possible summit between Putin and Zelancesi. After Monday’s meetings, Mr. Trump said he called Putin to establish a meeting, and he “raised it very happily despite late hours in Russia.” Mr. Trump called it a “very good call”.
“I told him that we are going to set up a meeting with President Zelancesi, and you and he will meet, and then after that meeting, if everything works well, I will meet and we will wrap it,” Mr. Trump said. He said that it takes “two to tango”, and “they should have some extent a relationship, otherwise, we are just wasting a lot of time.”
Zelanski told Soon after leaving the White House, a date was not set to meet with CBS News that Putin, although German Chancellor Frederick Mars said it could be within the next two weeks. One in Post On Tuesday, Xelancesi called the talks in Washington “actually is an important step towards ending the war and ensuring the safety of Ukraine and our people.”
“We are already working on solid materials of safety guarantee,” Zelansky said. “Today, we continue to coordinate at the level of leaders. There will be discussion, and we are preparing the related format.”
A Russian spokesperson will only say that there will be high-level talks, but will not confirm that Putin will be involved.
Mr. Trump, who Meet with Putin Last week in Alaska, expressed urgency around the time of the next meeting, suggesting that waiting for a very long time would lead to thousands of deaths. On Monday, a hot mike appeared as a moment, Mr. Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron that Putin “wanted to make a deal for me.”
The President underlined Fox that he was surprised that Zelansky and Putin “are getting a little better than I thought,” saying that “are those who have to call the shots.”
“We are going to find out about President Putin in the next few weeks, that I can tell you, and we are going to see where all this goes,” said Mr. Trump. “It is possible that he does not want to make a deal.”
Meanwhile, security guarantee for Ukraine emerged as an important issue during Monday’s meetings, Zelanski called him “a starting point towards ending the war”.
State Secretary Marco Rubio said on Monday that the US would work with European and other colleagues to provide security guarantee for Ukraine after the war, although he did not provide the specifics. And Macron said that the discussion on whatever America is ready to provide can begin as Tuesday.
On the guarantee of security, Mr. Trump said that the European leaders are “ready to keep people on the ground,” and that “we are ready to help them with things, especially, perhaps, perhaps if you can talk to the wind because we don’t have any kind of goods.” But the President said that “I don’t think it is going to be a problem.”
“There will be some form of security,” Mr. Trump said. “It cannot be NATO, because it was one – it is not just something that happens anytime, anytime.”
Nancy Cordes contributed to this report.