Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday, August 7 that meeting with US President Donald Trump could take place next week, perhaps in the United Arab Emirates. This comes just as an approach to the White House to show Moscow’s progress at the end of its three -year war in Ukraine.
“Both parties expressed their interest,” Putin said, and after a meeting in the Kremlin with President Sea Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He refused questions about who started the meeting.
Putin’s advisor to foreign affairs, Yuri Ushakov, confirmed that the venue would be decided “in principle”, although no formal date or place was completed. “We consider it most important that this meeting is successful and productive,” Ushakov said, adding that there is an effort to prepare.
Expected sanctions are cautious, sanctions
An American official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that no final decision was made at the summit, but confirmed that new sanctions against Russia were expected on Friday.
A potential meeting would mean the first summit in the US-Russia because President Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in 2021. Trump, who placed a peace broker, promotes direct conversations despite Moscow’s resistance to earlier diplomatic efforts.
Ukraine is not expected at the table
Ushakov rejected the idea of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelsky, who participated in the summit – the possibility of the White House that Trump was opened.
Ushakov said the idea of inclusion of a green, floating American special envoy Steve Witkoff, “has not been discussed specifically.”
Putin added: “It is a possibility, but it is necessary to create certain conditions,” which suggests no shift from his hard attitude to Ukraine.
Green: “It’s time to end the war”
He responded to the Summit News Summit and emphasized the need for European involvement in future peace interviews. He said on the telegram: “Ukraine is not afraid of meetings and expects the same courageous approach from the Russian side. It’s time to end the war.”
Green is in contact with European leaders and has repeated that any agreement must include long -term security guarantees from the US and Europe.
Guarantees of ceasefire and long -term security are priorities, published on social media after another deadly Russian strike that killed four civilians in the Ukrainian Dnipro region.
The war killed more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians and tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides, according to UN and Battlefield. Russia continues to progress slowly along the front line of 1,000 kilometers in eastern Ukraine.
Trump’s recent statements grew against Putin, despite his former sympathetic tone. He accused the Kremlin of stone peaceful efforts and threatened further sanctions if there was no progress.
(Tagstotranslate) Trump-Putin meets the next week in the UAE
