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Of course, the meeting will focus predominantly on the Russia-Ukraine war, though Putin has suggested the summit could ‘create long-term conditions for peace between our countries, as well as in Europe, and in the world as a whole’, as per CNN.
Heaping praise on the Trump administration in a surprising admission, Putin added: “The current American administration… is making, in my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, stop the crisis and reach agreements that are of interest to all parties involved in this conflict.”
A ceasefire is possible in the ‘next stage’ of discussions, according to Putin, as one of the Russian president’s senior aides detailed what is on the agenda for the meeting today.
As per Russian state media site TASS, Yuri Ushakov said: “Naturally, broader tasks on ensuring peace and security as well as the most pertinent and pressing international and regional issues will be touched upon.”
Trump has become increasingly frustrated with Putin in recent weeks and accused the Russian president of ‘tapping’ him along.
“We get a lot of bulls**t thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” the Republican president said last month. “He’s very nice all of the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.”
The White House is trying to convince European leaders to accept a deal that would see Ukraine give up territory in the regions of Donbas, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia to Russia, according to CBS News.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has previously dismissed suggestions that Ukraine would give up any of its land to bring an end to the war.
“The answer to Ukraine’s territorial question is already in the constitution of Ukraine,” the Ukrainian president said. “No one will and no one can deviate from it. Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier.”