US President Donald Trump said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday (August 15) to discuss the end of the Russian War in Ukraine. The meeting would be the first US-Rusko summit since 2021, when former President Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva.
What will Donald Trump will discuss, Vladimir Putin?
1. Ukraine Peace Agreement
Both leaders are likely to discuss the war in Ukraine and a possible agreement on peace.
According to the Associated Press Trump, he said that the peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia to end the war in Ukraine would probably include the exchange of some territories. He believes that both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelskyy want peace.
Trump said that the Peace Agreement would probably mean that Ukraine and Russia would exchange some territory that everyone controls. “Nothing easy,” the president said. “But we’ll get back. We’ll get some changes. There will be a replacement of the territory, to improve both,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin assistant Yuri Ushakov said in a statement published on the telegram: “The presidents themselves will undoubtedly focus on discussion on the possibilities of achieving a long -term peace settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.”
Putin claims that four Ukrainian regions – Luhansk, Nonetsk, Zeporizzhia and Kherson – as well as the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which he attached in 2014. Its forces do not fully check all areas in four regions.
2. Are Indian tariffs on cards?
Neither the Kremlin nor the Trump administration confirmed whether Trump and Putin would discuss tariffs.
On Friday, however, Putin organized consultations with China and India leaders in front of the Trump summit.
On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which both leaders discussed the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and reviewed the progress of bilateral cooperation.
According to PIB, the leaders also reviewed the India-Rusk relationship and reaffirmed their obligation to further deepen the “special and privileged strategic partnership” between the two nations.
During the PM Modi interview, he expanded his invitation to Putin to visit India at the end of this year to the 23rd year of the bilateral summit.
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