U.S. working to set up future Putin-Zelenskyy meeting, White House says
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The White House said Putin agreed to the meeting as part of 'the next phase of the peace process' in a call with Trump following Monday's meetings in Washington.
The White House said Tuesday that planning is underway for a direct meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the coming days to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Putin agreed to the meeting as part of “the next phase of the peace process” in a call with U.S. President Donald Trump following Monday’s meetings in Washington between Trump, Zelenskyy and a group of European and NATO leaders.
A future trilateral meeting between Zelenskyy, Putin and Trump will follow the one-on-one meeting “if necessary,” Leavitt added.
“I can assure you that the United States government and the Trump administration is working with both Russia and Ukraine to make that bilateral happen as we speak,” she told reporters.
Asked if Putin has agreed to hold the meeting with Zelenskyy within the next two weeks, Leavitt replied: “He has.”
Russia has made no explicit commitment to a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow did not reject any formats for discussing peace in Ukraine, but any meeting of national leaders “must be prepared with utmost thoroughness.”
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