Trump sets condition for meeting with Zelenskyy and Putin: Deal must be in its final stages
US President Donald Trump has said he is looking forward to meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, but only if a peace agreement is fully agreed upon or in its final stages.
Source: Trump on his social media platform Truth Social
Quote: "Over the past week, my team has made tremendous progress with respect to ending the War between Russia and Ukraine… The original 28-Point Peace Plan, which was drafted by the United States, has been fine-tuned, with additional input from both sides, and there are only a few remaining points of disagreement."
Details: Trump said he has sent his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow for talks with Putin to finalise the plan, while US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will hold negotiations with the Ukrainian side.
He added that he is prepared to meet both Zelenskyy and Putin, but only under the condition he outlined.
Quote: "I look forward to hopefully meeting with President Zelenskyy and President Putin soon, but ONLY when the deal to end this War is FINAL or, in its final stages." [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]
Background:
- The Financial Times earlier reported that the Trump administration had been exerting heavy pressure on Ukraine to accept the US-Russian peace plan by Thanksgiving.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the United States has made "tremendous progress" towards reaching a "peace deal" between Ukraine and Russia, but "there are a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details that must be sorted out".
- Bloomberg published a transcript of a conversation between Putin's aides Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev which indicated that the so-called 28-point "peace plan" was prepared by the Kremlin leader's team.
- The Guardian also reported that a linguistic analysis of the so-called "Trump plan" revealed signs of a literal translation from Russian.
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