The presidents of Russia, Vladimir Putinand from the United States, Donald TrumpThey will meet in the coming days, Russian government advisor Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday (7).
“As a suggestion on the American side, an agreement was essentially achieved to hold a higher level bilateral meeting in the coming days, ie a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump,” said Ushakov. “We are now starting concrete preparations with our American colleagues,” he added in television comments.
He did not specify where the summit would occur. Putin should meet later this Thursday with the president of United Arab Emirateswhat sources had already suggested as a possible place.
The Russian stock market index rose 4.5% after the.
There was no summit between US and Russia leaders since Putin and Joe Biden They met in Geneva in June 2021.
Russia came into war in Ukraine in February 2022, plunging relationships into a deep crisis.
Trump has been striving to improve relations with Russia, and although in his public comments he ranked between admiration and Putin’s harsh condemnation.
USHAKOV said Trump’s envoy, Steve WitkoffAt a meeting with Putin on Wednesday (6), he raised the possibility of a meeting between Trump, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
But he stated that the Russian side left this proposal “completely without comments.”
“We propose, first and foremost, to focus on the preparation of a bilateral meeting with Trump and we believe the main thing is that this meeting is successful and productive,” said Ushakov.
