- Trump stressed the importance of sanctions on Russia’s business partners.
- The theme of the meeting is to achieve peace in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump thinks that the head of Kremlin Vladimir Putin will want to agree to end the war in Ukraine at a Friday meeting at Alaska. According to Trump, the threat of sanctions at the largest customers of Russian oil, China and India, has contributed to the fact that Putin agreed to the proposed meeting. According to Reuters and The Guardian, TASR reports this.
According to the US President, the main objective of Friday’s meeting is to agree a second meeting, which would be three -sided with the participation of President Ukraine Volodymyr Greenský.
Trump stressed in Thursday’s interview for Fox News Radio that he is particularly interested in the “immediate peace agreement” and if he is progressing at a meeting with Putin, he immediately calls Greeny. However, unless the meeting does not turn out to his liking, “it will not call anyone and go home”. “There is a 25 % chance that this meeting will not be successful. In that case, I will return to the country’s management, ” made it clear. He indicated that in such a scenario he would impose further sanctions on Russia.
“Everything has its influence,” Trump said in connection with the threat of sanctions. According to him, secondary duties imposed on India would “basically prevent it from buying oil from Russia.”When you lose your second largest customer and are likely to lose your biggest customer, I think it is likely to play a role”He said.
He also confirmed that a press conference will be held after the negotiations. However, it is not yet clear whether the leaders will participate together. At the same time, the White House chief announced that they are currently discussing three different places where a further meeting with Putin could take place. The easiest way, however, would be to stay in Alaska.
In addition to Trump, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also commented on Friday’s summit. According to him, safety guarantees for Ukraine and territorial claims talks must be part of peace negotiations with Russia. “To achieve peace, I think we all recognize that there will be need to interview security guarantees,” he said. “There will also be talks about zoning disputes and claims and what is actually fought,” he added.
The Kremlin warned on Thursday that predicting the result of a Friday summit in Alaska would be a big mistake. This is reported to TASR, according to the report of Reuters and The Guardian.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added that Russia and the US do not plan to sign any documentary in connection with the results of the meeting at the military base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage. “No document is expected after the summit, nothing was ready. It is unlikely to be, there will be,“According to Interfax, he said.
At the same time, Peskov confirmed that the main topic of interviews will be possible to deal with more than three -year war in Ukraine. “The questions related to the settlement (war) in Ukraine will be discussed.
