The president of the United States, could be seen next week face to face with his Russian counterpart,, they have advanced high positions of the White House, which indicate that the proposal has left the tenant of the Kremlin. That bilateral meeting would precede another three bands between Trump, Putin and President Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski. In statements from the Oval Office, the Republican has indicated that “there are very good prospects for that meeting, which could” be the end of the road “to reach peace.
In a statement, Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Trump is “open” to meet with Putin and President Ukraine ,. “The Russians expressed their desire to meet with President Trump, and the president is open to meet both President Putin and President Zelenski,” said Leavitt.
In parallel comments, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has pointed out that the meeting would only take place if sufficient progress occurs in the next few days. “It will depend on the advances that occur,” he said in an interview issued in the Fox Business chain. This Friday expires the ultimatum that Trump has given Putin to accept a high fire in Ukraine or receive new economic sanctions and tariffs, which would also extend to Moscow’s commercial partners.
The possible meeting, advanced by the newspaper The New York TimesHe arrives just hours after Trump’s special envoy for Russia and the Middle East, met with Putin for three hours at the Kremlin to try to convince him to accept the high fire. After the conclusion of that talk, Witkoff transmitted to the US president the interest of Russia at a summit of the two leaders, according to the high position.
After the conversations in Moscow, “for the first time perhaps since the beginning of this administration we have concrete examples of what Russia wants to end this war,” said Rubio in his interview.
After the contacts in Moscow, the US president had a conversation with several European leaders to aware of the results, and there he revealed to the leaders their intention to talk in person with the Russian. According to The New York Timesif the encounter with Putin gave results, Trump’s intention is to maintain another meeting, this tripartite, with Putin and Zelenski. One of the call participants was NATO general secretary Mark Rutte, as the country has been confirmed, Inform Manuel V. Gómez. He Times He points out that until now it is not clear that neither has accepted the idea of the American.
In a first advance of the punishment measures with which it threatens Russia, the White House announced on Wednesday that it will bend, from the current 25% to 50%. New Delhi is the second largest buyer in the world of Russian crude, only behind China.
The threats of sanctions culminate a drastic turn in Trump’s position on the war in Ukraine. The Republican has gone from profusely praise his Russian counterpart – at his day he described as “genius” – and to apparently give his arguments for the war to consider that Putin has no interest in putting an end to the conflict.
