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Trump comments on ‘very good’ Putin-Witkoff talks | Trump comments on ‘very good’ Putin-Witkoff talks |
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The US president has told reporters that the talks in Moscow could lead to progress towards peace in the Ukraine conflict | The US president has told reporters that the talks in Moscow could lead to progress towards peace in the Ukraine conflict |
A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky could happen “very soon,” US President Donald Trump has claimed. | |
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, hours after US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s talks with Putin, Trump was asked to comment on a potential summit between the two leaders. | Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, hours after US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s talks with Putin, Trump was asked to comment on a potential summit between the two leaders. |
“There is a very good prospect that they will, and we haven’t determined where, but we had some very good talks with President Putin today,” Trump said. “There is a good chance there could be a meeting very soon.” | “There is a very good prospect that they will, and we haven’t determined where, but we had some very good talks with President Putin today,” Trump said. “There is a good chance there could be a meeting very soon.” |
Asked how close a peace deal could be, he declined to speculate. | |
“I don’t want to say, I’ve been disappointed before” the US president said. | “I don’t want to say, I’ve been disappointed before” the US president said. |
Earlier in the day, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the recent talks give Washington a “better understanding” of the conditions under which Moscow would agree to a peace deal. | |
If the Russian and Ukrainian positions can be brought closer, a trilateral summit could follow, he told Fox Business. | |
“I think there’s the opportunity for the president to have a meeting that includes both Putin and Zelensky to try to close this thing out,” Rubio said. | |
Trump intends to hold a personal meeting with Putin as early as next week, the New York Times reported after Witkoff’s Moscow visit, citing two anonymous sources. | |
Moscow has praised Wednesday’s talks as “a very useful and constructive conversation.” | Moscow has praised Wednesday’s talks as “a very useful and constructive conversation.” |