"If appropriate": Trump names condition for trip to Ukraine and Russia talks

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would go to the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Turkey on Friday "if it is appropriate," UNN writes with reference to Reuters.

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"I was thinking about going, but it's very difficult... If something happens, I'll go on Friday, if it's appropriate," Trump said at a business breakfast in Doha during a trip to the Persian Gulf.

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"But we have people who are negotiating now, I just hope that Russia and Ukraine can do something. This needs to be stopped," Trump said.

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Potential negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are expected in Istanbul, Turkey on May 15.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on May 11 that he expects a ceasefire from Russia and that he will personally wait for Vladimir Putin in Turkey on May 15. But he stated that he would not negotiate with any representative of Russia except Putin himself.

On the night of May 15, the Kremlin announced the participants of the RF delegation at the negotiations in Turkey, but the level was even lower than expected, when the media reported that the meeting may be attended by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. Putin was also not mentioned in the Kremlin as a participant in the negotiations in Turkey, scheduled for Thursday, despite the fact that he himself proposed it.