The Special White House Embassy Steve Witkoff announced that Trump and Putin could discuss the ceasefire in Ukraine next week.
Another telephone conversation of US President Donald Trump with Kremlin’s head Vladimir Putin could take place next week. In an interview with CNN TV, Steve Witkoff, a special White House, said it on Sunday. Informed AFP.
“I think both presidents will have a really good and positive discussion next week,” Witkoff said.
He also said in an interview that he expected an agreement on a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine will be reached in the coming weeks. Witkoff did not specify the sensitive question of Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia, but admitted that he would be part of the discussions about the end of the war.
American officials have indicated that Ukraine is likely to have to make territorial concessions, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greenable, but categorically refuses.
The US Party designed a 30-day ceasefire
Witkoff visited March 13 Moscow, where he personally met Putin. According to him, the meeting lasted more than three hours and focused on “achieving solutions”. “The Russian and American side are closer than ever,” Witkoff said. “I think Putin wants it all to end,” he added.
The US Party at negotiations with Ukraine, held on March 11, in Saudi Arabia, proposed a 30-day ceasefire along the entire front line. Kiev supported this proposal and appointed a negotiating team. However, Putin’s advisor Yuri Ušakov said that Moscow is interested in a long -term settlement of the conflict with Ukraine, not on a temporary ceasefire that will only provide Ukrainian forces to re -arm.
