US President Donald Trump has interrupted discussions with European leaders to call the Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, according to the German publication. Initially, the White House leader had announced that he would call Putin immediately after today's discussions. It seems he couldn't wait.
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The German newspaper Bild was the first to tell about this conversation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not have a place at the table of negotiations on Monday, August 18, but his point of view was not missing.
“I have known him for a long time, I have always had an excellent relationship with him”, Trump said of his Russian counterpart. “I think President Putin also wants to find a solution (no to put an end to the war). We will see.”
Even though Trump seemed to speak in the name of Putin, few of the European leaders gathered at the White House mentioned his name. Although the Russian leader is in the center of attention and will largely determine the fate of Ukraine, it remains an open question if Putin is as interested in concluding a peace agreement, as Trump has repeatedly suggested.
Trump has said that a trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine and the United States is expected to take place. “I think it will be a matter of” when “, not” if “”, Trump said.
The moment when it will take place could be a question that indicates much more than synchronization. It will suggest the extent to which Putin is serious about negotiating the war – or simply tries to gain time, as many critics suspect, according to CNN.
