US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Kiev will be part of negotiations on the end of the Russian invasion. He also expressed his belief that Russian President Vladimir Putin “wants peace”. With China and Russia he wants to negotiate a mutual reduction of military spending. TASR reports according to the AFP report.
The exclusion of Russia from G7 described as a mistake
Trump said it only a day after the phone call with Putin and then with the Ukrainian counterparts Volodymyr Zelensky. At the same time, the White House chief said he would like to be a member of the group of the seven industriality countries (G7) again. Russia belonged to G7 since 1998, in 2014 it was excluded after annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea.
“I think it was a mistake to throw him away,” Trump said with reference to the Russian president.
According to AP, Trump announced that it wants to resume nuclear weapons control interviews with Russia and China, hoping that the US will agree with these countries to reduce their huge defense budgets in half.
“There is no reason to build brand new nuclear weapons, for we already have so much,” Trump said. “You could destroy the world 50 times, 100 times. And we are building new nuclear weapons and they are building nuclear weapons, “He continued. According to him, everyone spends a lot of money that could spend on other, “more productive” things.
Trump predicted that China will catch up with the US and Russia in the ability to desert within five or six years. In his words, he will strive for talks on nuclear weapons with Russia and China when the US “settles everything” in the Middle East and Ukraine.
One of the first meetings to attend during this term is meetings with Putin and Chinese President Si Jin-Pching. “And I want to say, Let’s cut our military budget in half,” Trump added.
The President also commented on the claims of his defense Minister Pete Hegseth, who said on Wednesday that Ukraine’s accession to NATO and re -acquisition of the lost territory after the war with Russia are not real goals of peace negotiations. According to Trump, these claims are accurate, Sky News reports.
