Ukraine’s Zelensky, after speaking with Trump, says talks should lead to leaders’ meeting
The Straits Times
Mr Zelensky said three-sided talks with Russia and the US would take place early in March. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb 25 that he and US President Donald Trump agreed that the next session of trilateral talks in March on a war settlement should lead to a meeting of the countries’ leaders.
Mr Zelensky, speaking after a phone conversation with Mr Trump, said the three-sided talks with Russia and the United States would take place early in March.
US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also took part in the phone call.
“We expect this meeting to create an opportunity to move talks to the leaders’ level. President Trump supports this sequence of steps,” Mr Zelensky wrote on X.
“This is the only way to resolve all the complex and sensitive issues and finally end the war.”
The telephone call took place on the eve of another meeting, between just Ukrainian and US negotiators, to discuss post-war reconstruction.
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