Published February 08,2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday mentioned he would in all probability meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy subsequent week to debate Ukraine’s warfare to repel Russian invaders.
Trump didn’t clarify whether or not it will be a face-to-face assembly or a video convention. He spoke in regards to the risk whereas taking questions from reporters in an Oval Office welcome for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Trump mentioned he’ll “probably be meeting with President Zelenskiy next week,” and he additionally once more expressed curiosity in assembly Russian President Vladimir Putin with whom he mentioned he all the time had a “good relationship.”
Asked for a location for such a gathering with Zelenskiy, Trump famous “I’m here” in Washington and mentioned he wouldn’t be going to Ukraine.
“I’d like to see it end, just on a human basis,” Trump mentioned of Russia’s three-year-old invasion of Ukraine. “I’d like to see that end. It’s a ridiculous war.”
Trump mentioned he needed to speak to Zelenskiy about safety for Ukraine property similar to uncommon earth minerals and needs “an equal amount of something” in alternate for U.S. assist. “We would like them to equalize.”
Ukraine, wanting continued U.S. assist in its warfare with Russia, is trying ahead to a go to this month by Trump’s particular envoy for the area, Keith Kellogg, in response to Zelenskiy’s chief of workers Andy Yermak.
Yermak mentioned he had spoken to Kellogg about matters together with the battlefield scenario, the security of Ukrainian civilians, and conferences on the annual Munich Security Conference later this month.
Source: www.anews.com.tr