“If something happens, it would go on Friday if it is appropriate,” said the president in Doha, who expressed interest in meeting there with the Russian president, Vladimir Putinalthough this has not confirmed your assistance. For his part, the Ukrainian leader, Volodimir Zelenskiit is located in the Turkish city.
“We have people negotiating and I hope Russia And Ukraine can do something, because This has to stop, not just for money. We have heads, arms, legs scattered on the ground, ”Trump insisted during a bilateral business promotion event with Qatar, in Doha.
The United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that the only way to unlock peace negotiations in Ukraine would be with a Meeting between the US president and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
In statements to the press from Türkiye, the head of American diplomacy revealed that has no very high expectations On the negotiations planned in Istanbul, where finally They will not attend Putin, or Trump Not even the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski.
During the trip through the Middle East, which began on May 13 in Saudi Arabia, Trump has been sending messages in which he manifests his willingness to take advantage of this tour – which officially concludes tomorrow in the United Arab Emirates – for Get together with Putin in a third country.
The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who accompanied Trump in his presidential delegation at the beginning of this tour, arrived in Türkiye to participate in a NATO ministerial meeting and plans to mediate in negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian delegations On Friday, along with Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of the American president.
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, rejected the proposal of his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, to celebrate a face to face in Istanbul. Instead, he sent a negotiating delegation headed by Vladimir Medinski, One of his advisors.
The Russian delegation, which according to the Russian Agency Interfax has already arrived in Istanbul, is integrated, among others, by a Vice Minister of Foreigna Deputy Minister of Defense and a high position of the General Staff of the Russian Army, which contrasts with the high level of the delegation sent by kyiv.