Trump Pauses Zelenskyy-EU Meeting to Speak to Putin
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders on Monday (local time). The source said Europeans are not available for speech.
A European official said that Trump paused with European leaders and Zelenskyy to call Putin to call Putin. The news was first reported by the German newspaper Bild, which will continue to talk with European leaders after a call with Putin in the White House.
Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin organized a “sincere and very constructive phone call” on Monday. Putin’s Foreign Policy Assistant Yury Ushakov said Trump gave Putin information with European leaders during a 40 -minute call.
“He said that he supports direct negotiations between Russia and Ukrainian delegations,” the Russian leader said. After the meeting, Trump said he started to hold a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy.
Trump and Putin discussed the idea of exploring the possibility of raising the level of Moscow and Kiev representatives in talks, “Trump and Putin said. He stopped confirming whether Putin accepted a bilateral or three -sided meeting.
Ushakov also thanked Putin again for hosting him during his trip to Alaska.
Meanwhile, Trump promised to participate in the US to provide a security guarantee for Ukraine. The US leader said that there would be some kind of security guarantee for Ukraine, but it would not explain whether it would contain US troops.
“Alaska summit, although peace is difficult, in an important development, an important development, President Putin’in an important point to consider. Also, taking into account the current contact line, the war area … President Putin and the president meeting, we will try to discuss the three -party meeting,” he said.
