Livitt made a clarification about Trump's words in response to the question of journalists if he had made a reservation when he said about his trip to the Russian Federation.
“Perhaps there are plans to visit Russia in the future. And on Friday, as you know, the US president will meet with Vladimir Putin in Alaska,” she said.
According to her, other places for the meetings of leaders were considered. The choice was stopped in Alaska, because it is supposedly in the middle. At the same time, Livitt announced where the meeting of the two leaders will take place.
“On Friday morning, President Trump will go through the whole country and hold a bilateral meeting in Ankoridge, Alaska, with Russian President Vladimir Putin,” she said.
Livitt said that they are now working with “Russian colleagues” in order to realize these plans, and promised to keep the media in the course of logistics details of Friday as soon as they are known.
About whether the leaders will talk on other topics, except for the war in Ukraine, in particular, the improvement of bilateral relations or the restoration of direct air traffic between the Russian Federation and the USA, Livitt answered negatively. She noted that Trump is allegedly interested in these conversations, but his main priority is now the termination of the war.
“As the president repeatedly repeated, he always prefers peace and partnership when these results can be achieved. Now there is no leader in the world who would be more devoted to the prevention of wars or their termination than President Donald Trump,” she emphasized.
Context
Trump reported that on August 15 in Alaska in the United States he would meet with Putin, in particular, to discuss the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine. According to NBC News, the White House examines the possibility of inviting Zelensky to a meeting in Alaska.
On August 10, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova on the air of Face The National With Margaret Brennan on CBS News expressed the opinion that during negotiations with Russia, the United States may act from the position of power, and also did not exclude the possibility of in the negotiations The president may participate in Alaska Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
On August 11, at a briefing in the White House, Trump said that Zelensky would not be invited to meet in Alaska. He added that he later expects to “put” Zelensky and Putin “in the same room.”
