Awaiting developments in relation to the possibility of a bilateral meeting of the Russian president Vladimir Putin with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir ZelenskiUS President Donald Trump, who met with both leaders, interviewed Fox News.
THE Donald Trump He said today that he hoped that Vladimir Putin would move towards ending the war in Ukraine, but admitted that it was likely that the Russian leader would not want to agree.
“I don’t think there will be a problem to be honest with you. I think Putin is tired of it. I think everyone is tired, but you never know, “Trump said.
“We will find out about President Putin in the next few weeks …Is likely to not want to make agreement“, Said Trump added that in this case the Russian president would have to face a” difficult situation “.
“I arranged it, in a way, with Putin and Zelenski, and you know, they are who they have to make decisionswe are 7,000 miles away. I phoned President Putin and we are trying to organize a meeting with President Zelenski and see what happens there and, if all goes well, if we do it, then I will go to the trilateral meeting and close the issue, “he said, adding that, in his opinion, Putin, “I think they are getting a little better than I expected, otherwise I wouldn’t regulate the bilateral meeting. I would have arranged the trilateral, but I think they are getting better. There was enormous hostility, “the US president said.
Regarding Volodimir Zelenski, Donald Trump pointed out that “I hope he does what he needs to do“He stressed that he should be flexible in terms of negotiations.
As Donald Trump said, the two leaders are not going to become ‘Best Friends’, But they are the ones who “have to make decisions”.
Added that Putin and Zelenski, in his opinion, “They get a little better than I thought.”
“I think the fact that they might get a little better than I thought differently would not have arranged the meeting of the two. I would have arranged the meeting of the three, a tripartite, but I think they are getting better. There was a terrible hatred, “the US president said.
As for the question of whether the US will send troops to Ukrainethe US president replied that this would not happen and assured the listeners.
It is recalled that on Tuesday afternoon, convened the Extraordinary European Union 27 teleconference on Ukraine.