The video was published on September 16 at the YouTube office of the president.
“I am ready to meet with President Trump and Putin. In a tripartite or bilateral format,” Zelensky answered the corresponding question of the journalist. “But he is ready to meet without any conditions.”
At the same time, the head of the Ukrainian state noted that “cannot go to the country when this country, this city – Moscow – is attacking us.”
“But we can meet in any other country,” Zelensky emphasized.
According to him, there are many proposals on the table regarding the summit.
“The Americans, Europeans and, of course, I am with some of them. But I think that the question is now addressed to Russia. They did not answer,” Zelensky said.
Context
On August 15, Trump and Putin met at the Elmendorf air base in Alaska. Negotiations lasted About three hours. On the morning of August 16, the White House said that Trump, after negotiations with Putin, called Zelensky, as well as the leaders of NATO countries and invited Zelensky to the United States. The Ukrainian president believes that the participation of Ukraine in the Alaska summit would ensure a “some result”.
On August 18, in Washington, a meeting of Trump and European leaders took place, among whom was Zelensky. They talked about guarantees of security and the upcoming meeting of Zelensky with Putin, as well as their trilateral meeting with Trump. On the same day, the US President called Putin, and later stated that he began organizing a meeting between him and Zelensky. However, the Kremlin began to put forward conditions.
On August 25, Trump said that “very serious consequences” may occur if the aggressor country does not sit at the negotiations with Ukraine, and promised to “intervene” if there is no progress in two weeks. The next day, Trump threatened the Russian Economic War if she refuses negotiations with Ukraine.
On September 3, during a press conference after a visit to China, Putin stated that he did not see the point in meeting Zelensky, but does not exclude its holding, but in Moscow. The Foreign Minister Andrei Sibiga called such conditions “consciously unacceptable” and emphasized that at least seven countries are ready to accept the meeting. In response, Zelensky invited Putin to Kyiv.
On September 14, Trump suggested that he may have to intervene in negotiations between the parties, because “Zelensky and Putin hate each other so much that they almost cannot talk.” He admitted that the war, which he was going to quickly complete, turned out to be difficult for him. Also Trump For the first time, he publicly called Russia an aggressor.
