US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he could decide to hold a press conference, instead of a common one, after his Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, if “the meeting does not end well,” writes CNN.
“I will hold a press conference. I do not know if it will be a common one. I have not even discussed it. I think it would be nice to have a common and then (conferences),” the Republican president told Fox Radio.
“So something like this will happen. Or, if the meeting does not end well, I will only hold a press conference and go. I will return to Washington,” Trump said.
The details of the US leader come after the white house spokesman, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed that the plan is for the two leaders to hold a common press conference. This was initially announced by the Kremlin.
Trump also indicated on Thursday that he will talk to the press regardless of the situation.
If the meeting is “negative”, Trump said he would hold a press conference to declare that “the war will continue.”
Trump also said on Thursday, at the Fox Radio station, that he is convinced that Russian leader Vladimir Putin comes to the Tomorrow's summit in Alaska with the intention of reaching an agreement for the conclusion of the Ukraine war.
Earlier on Thursday, the Kremlin announced that the summit program was agreed, and a bilateral meeting will be held between the two leaders.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday at 11.30 local time (22.30 Romanian time), Iuri Usakov announced on Thursday, Kremlin counselor.
Trump and Putin will meet first without counselors, then will hold a common press conference. The Kremlin is the one announcing the details of the Alaska summit
Usakov said that the two leaders will first meet between four eyes, accompanied by translators.
He added that the delegations of the two countries will meet afterwards, and the presidents will hold a common press conference.
The two leaders will discuss the “huge unexploited” enormous of the economic relations between Russia and the US, as well as the prospects for the conclusion of the War in Ukraine, the Russian official said.
Later, the Kremlin warned that it would be “a big mistake” to be anticipated a result of the future summit in Alaska, as the Russian Interfax News Agency reported.
The Kremlin warns of a “big mistake” about the Trump-Putin summit and excludes the signing of any document
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, also said there are no plans to sign any document following the Alaska summit. “President Putin and President Trump are ready to discuss and will address the most difficult issues,” Peskov added.
Rubio: Security guarantees and territorial disputes are part of Ukraine's discussions
Separately, the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, said that security guarantees for Ukraine must be part of Russia's peace negotiations, adding to be optimistic about imminent progress for the end of the war, AFP reports.
Before the Trump-Putin summit on Friday, Rubio said that “to get to peace, I think we all recognize that there will be a discussion about security guarantees.”
“There will be discussions about … territorial disputes and claims, as well as the reasons for fighting,” added US Secretary, according to Reuters.
As for a future armistice, he said, “We will see what is possible tomorrow.”
“Let's see how the discussions are going. We are optimistic,” Rubio added.
Trump's possible strategy
Donald Trump could put pressure on Vladimir Putin, in order to obtain a cease to cease unconditional fire in Ukraine as a first gesture of goodwill to lead to peace, EFE and Agerpres have written before Thursday.
According to several articles published in the American media, President Donald Trump would be inclined to try to obtain a fire termination as the great achievement of the Summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin who will take place on Friday at a military base near Anchorage, in Alaska.
The New York Post newspaper, which quotes sources from the White House, said that, according to President Donald Trump councilors, they would have been successful in obtaining a fire termination from the President President President President, before the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, participate.
According to the participants in the meeting that the US President had on Wednesday with European leaders and Ukraine President Donald Trump suggested that his main priority in the Anchorage meeting will be to get an unconditional cessation in Ukraine.
“This is a moment that can define his inheritance. If Trump remains firm and insists on ceasing fire before there are (peace) discussions, he insists that the European partners include discussions and talks to security guarantees, he can get something to bring him the Nobel Peace Prize,” the Democrat Richarhal estimated on Thursday.
Donald Trump warned Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Russia risks “very serious consequences” if a fire cease is not reached, although it has ensured that its main objective during the expected meeting is to listen to the President of Russia and to see what progress can be made in subsequent meetings.
On Thursday, the President of Russia said he appreciated the “energetic” and “sincere” efforts of the American leader to end the Ukraine war and believed that at the Alaska summit, an agreement could be discussed on the “strategic weapon”.
