The Kremlin shows his anxiety to achieve a Putin summit with Trump: “Russia is still willing to an encounter”
He Kremlin He said on Monday that still has not received signals of USA on the organization of a meeting between the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinand his American counterpart, Donald Trumpalthough he reiterated his willingness to hold the meeting. “Until now, we have not received any sign of the Americans“, Declared the spokesman of the Kremlin, Dmitri Peskovat a telephone conference with journalists. He added that Moscow remains open to the possibility of dialogue, as, according to your statements, Washington.
Putinon the other hand, he expressed his interest on Friday in holding a meeting with Trump To discuss key issues, such as War in Ukraine And energy prices, issues that the US president has indicated as priority in the first days of his administration. According to the Russian leader, it would be beneficial “talk calmly about all the issues that interest both the United States and Russia“
For its part, Trump He affirmed Thursday that he would be willing to meet with Putin “immediately“To negotiate a peace agreement in Ukrainearguing that every day without dialogue costs lives on the battlefield. “From what I hear, I think Putin wants to see me. I will meet as soon as I can. I mean, immediately“, Said the US president from the Oval Office.
Both leaders have shown signs of interest in establishing contact, but a specific mechanism for the summit has not yet been defined. While Putin Praise the character “intelligent” and “pragmatic” of Trumpthe latter has warned that it is prepared to impose new sanctions on Russia If progress is not achieved towards the end of the conflict.
He Kremlindespite his disposition for dialogue, he is still waiting “signals” of Washington To start the preparations. Meanwhile, speculation on a possible peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia They do not stop increasing after the arrival of Trump to power.
The conflict in Ukrainewhich has extended for almost three years, has deteriorated the relations between Moscow and Washington to its lowest point from the Cold war. Putin recently said that, if it had been Trump re -elected in 2020, the war that exploded in 2022 could have been avoided. “If they had not stolen the victory in 2020, perhaps the crisis in Ukraine would not have occurred“, Said the Russian leader in an interview with the state channel.
Putin He also reiterated that Moscow is willing to dialogue about Ukrainebut pointed out that kyiv maintains a decree that prohibits initiating negotiations with Russia. The Russian president stressed that the countries that finance military aid to Ukraine They should press their government to open dialogue channels with Moscow. “kyiv will have to do it“He added.
From kyivthe Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskywarned that any negotiation between Russia and USA must include a Ukraine To achieve real results. “It is impossible to exclude Ukraine from any negotiation platform. Or that platform will not have real results“, She said during a meeting with the president of Moldavia, Maia Sandu. Zelensky asked its international allies to define a format that ensures the inclusion of kyiv In any negotiation.
(With Reuters and AFP information)
