Russian President Vladimir Putin and the American counterpart Donald Trump will organize “One-On-One” interviews when they meet on their dominant summit on Alaska on Friday, Kreml said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zlensky, who met Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the UK Keir Starmer on Thursday, is not scheduled to participate.
Here’s all you need to know about the so much expected Putin-Trump meeting:
When and where does the meeting take place?
The meeting will take place at the American air base outside Anchorage on Alaska.
The Kremlin said that the interviews should start at 11:30 (1930 GMT) on Friday.
Putin and Trump will later provide a joint press conference after their meeting, during which they “summarize the results of negotiations”.
Since his attack on Ukraine, he has referred to Putin’s first journey to the western country since his attack on Ukraine.
What’s on the program?
The Putin-Trump summit focuses on resolving the conflict of Ukraine. The Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov said it is “probably for everyone obvious that the central topic will be the solution of the crisis of Ukraine”.
However, the increased Russian offensive and Zelenky exclusion from Friday’s meeting on Alaska increased fears in Europe that Trump and Putin could conclude an agreement that forced painful concessions in Ukraine.
They would also be discussed on wider issues of peace and security (international security). “Sensitive matters will be discussed at the Putin-Trump summit,” Kreml said.
What does Trump offer?
US President Donald Trump called on Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to accept a peace agreement or to face “very serious consequences”.
In an interview with Fox News, the White House official said that Trump had a lot of tools if necessary and that “he wants to exhaust all the possibilities to have the peace end of the war”.
Trump initially said that there would be some “land exchange”, but it seemed to have been back after an interview with European leaders on Wednesday.
Trump suggested that there could be a second meeting including both Zelena and Putin if it were the first successful.
The US President also said that they would have “very serious consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin disagrees that after a Friday summit on Alaska would not stop the war in Ukraine, even if he did not say what these consequences could be.
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