US President Donald Trump hopes that the summit with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will "set the stage" for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He said this during a conversation with journalists aboard a plane flying to Alaska, reports UNN with reference to NBC News.
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Trump presents this meeting as a "chess game," hoping it will lead to another meeting involving Zelenskyy.
"All I want to do is set the stage for the next meeting," Trump said.
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Earlier, Trump stated about the high probability of a trilateral meeting with Zelenskyy and Putin. The place and time of the meeting are currently not determined.
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The planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin head Vladimir Putin will take place on Friday at 11:00 local time (22:00 Kyiv time) in Anchorage.
According to two senior US administration officials, "Trump is expected to roll out the red carpet upon Putin's arrival at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Friday and plans to greet the Russian leader upon arrival."
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that a comprehensive solution to end the war in Ukraine would take longer than a meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska.
Russian dictator's press secretary Dmitry Peskov claimed that Trump and Putin do not plan to sign documents following the talks in Alaska.