United States President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) said he would be open to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the Ukraine war.
The remarks come amid tensions between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with the former accusing the latter for not wanting to end the war with Russia. Meanwhile, Moscow has recently received several concessions from the US in the form of a diesel deal and a waiver on some sanctions on Russian energy. Because i’m going to be over in China in November, on the denuclearisation.”, that’s my suggestion,.
Speaking to reporters at the White House before departing for Kansas, Trump said he would do “anything he can” to end the conflict, while adding that it was “time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine. Trump confirmed that Putin and Xi “wanted to have” a meeting with him which would focus on Ukraine as well as denuclearisation. He said, “And they do want to have a meeting.
The proposal for a trilateral summit with Trump and Xi was made by Putin to discuss the conflict with Ukraine, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
Responding to the Ukrainian President’s remark that the Trump administration was on “the wrong side of history”, the US President said, “Zelensky doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Criticising Zelensky’s handling of the war, Trump said Ukraine “should have had this war settled a long time ago”, Fox News reported. “If he would have listened to me, he would have made a much better deal a long time ago, and he’d have a million people living from his side,” the US President said. He further added, “Maybe it’s time for Zelensky to get somebody else to negotiate.”
