Rubio: Direct Trump-Putin meeting could break Ukraine deadlock
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency, Marco Rubio, the U.S.Secretary of State, stated in an interview with CBS News: The only way to break the deadlock in the Ukraine case is a direct meeting between Donald Trump, former U.S. president, and Vladimir Putin, president of russia.
Rubio emphasized: Trump has expressed his willingness to meet with Putin and hopes this meeting will be arranged soon.
he added that the Russian side has also announced its readiness for this meeting.
According to Rubio, the only remaining issues for holding this meeting are determining its location and time as well as topics for discussion.
He added: Selecting a location and time requires further coordination and work.
A few hours earlier, Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for the Kremlin Palace confirmed that a phone call between Putin (Russia’s president) and Trump (former U.S. president) will take place on May 19 (this week’s Monday).
The Kremlin spokesperson added: Preparations for Trump’s call with Putin are underway.
Trump had previously announced: on May 19 (this week’s Monday), I will call Putin and Zelenskyy (presidents of Russia and Ukraine).
He added: On Monday at 10 AM I will consult with Putin regarding resolving Ukraine’s crisis.
trump said discussion topics would include ending “bloodshed” which kills an average of over 5 thousand Russian & Ukrainian soldiers weekly in May—as well as trade matters.
He continued saying later he would contact Zelenskyy again along NATO members hoping it would be productive day leading ceasefire halting brutal war never should have happened initially anyway!
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