Rubio suggested that the meeting of the head of the White House with the head of the Kremlin could help to get out of the impasse, in which there were negotiations on the end of the war in Ukraine.
According to the Secretary of State, Trump openly expressed the desire that the meeting should take place. The United States made the corresponding proposal of the Russian Federation, and he hopes that this issue will be resolved in the near future.
“The organization of such a meeting requires a certain training, so I cannot say that it is already in the process of planning regarding the place and date. But the president [США Дональд Трамп] He wants this. He wants to hold a meeting as quickly as possible. I think that the Russian side also expressed his readiness to do this. Therefore, now the only question is to collect them, to gather everyone together and find out where and when this meeting will be held and what it will be about, ”Rubio said.
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Trump in April stated that his meeting with Putin could take place shortly after the visit of the US President to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, although this is unlikely, CNN said.
Trump's closest encirclement advises him not to talk with Putin until he takes on the obligation to relatively complete ceasefire in Ukraine, the NBC News channel with reference to two administration officials reported.
On May 5, Putin’s speaker Dmitry Peskov said that Trump should meet with Putin, but so far there are no such meetings.
On May 16, Trump said that he would like to meet with Putin as soon as it was possible to organize it. The next day, he announced that on the morning of May 19 he would call the head of the Kremlin, and then to Zelensky.
