Trump could join Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey

Donald Trump said he was open to Turkey’s talks between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday, a proposal, which is rapidly welcomed by the end of the war as an international effort.

This week, the US President will visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, who can bypass Turkey to participate in the talks between the two warring parties.

“I don’t know where I’m going to be on Thursday, I had a lot of meetings, but I was thinking about flying there.” Trumpet On Monday, they told reporters at the White House. “It simply came to our notice then that everything could happen, but we have to do it.”

Trump has previously described the prospect of direct talks in Moscow and Kiev as a “probable wonderful day for Russia and Ukraine.”

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky welcomed the US initiative, saying that “all of them in Ukraine will appreciate it if President Trump can be with us at this meeting in Tumkier. “This is the right idea,” he continued. “We can change a lot.”

The president’s proposal came as diplomatic efforts to join the talks to stop War in Ukraine Moved by high quality meetings in Kiev on weekends moved. It also came, as Russian troops became insulting at the most important points of around the clock, along the leading 1,000 km, according to Ukrainian military leaders and analysts.

Negotiations between Zelensky and German leaders, Britain, France and Poland on Saturday, call on Russia to agree to Russia on a 30-day unconditional ceasefire since Monday.

On Sunday, the position of Trump of Ukraine Keith Kellogg was established, although Trump itself was more protected in his public comments.

Russian President Vladimir Putin replied on Sunday, saying that Moscow and Kiev should have held direct talks in Istanbul on this Thursday, “without any preconditions.” It was not clear, he planned to personally participate.

Putin It also found that the ceasefire was fired, describing the requirements as “ultimatums”. The statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry states that no discussion on the ceasefire should precede the fundamental reasons for the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Trump answered the Russian proposal of negotiations, saying that “Ukraine must agree to it immediately.”

“At least they will be able to decide whether it is possible to make a deal or not, he wrote the social. “If this is not, European leaders and the United States will know where everything is standing and can continue.”

Trump also complained that “it begins to doubt that Ukraine will make a deal with Putin.”

Zelenki later agreed to the talks in Istanbul, challenging the Russian leader to show what would be the second one when they were both to be.

“I will be in Turkey on this Thursday,” Zelensky said. “I hope that this time Putin will not look for excuses for why he did it. We are ready to talk to this war. “

In December 2019, Putin and Zelensky met in Paris, they failed to agree to the peace plan to end the Kremlin’s armed conflict in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine.

On Monday, Kremlin Speaker Dmitry Peskov did not specify whether Putin plans to take part in his proposed meeting. However, the spokesman added that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had agreed with Putin on Sunday to meet in Istanbul.

Peskov described the 30-day ceasefire, but as an unacceptable ultimatum.

“This language is not acceptable to Russia, it is not appropriate. You can’t talk to Russia in this way, “he said.

Zelenski’s office told financial times that the President of Ukraine would go to Turkey whether Putin shows or not. Speaking to the Ukrainian media, the Chief of Staff of the President Andris said that Ukraine will not cause Russia to blame the peace process. “

Turkey has held talks between Russia and Ukrainian officials in 2022, only a few weeks after Russia’s full invasion of Russia.

But the talks began that Russia’s forces were massacred in Bukhha, near Ki, “Current Zelensky”, who was convicted of a war crime.

As Erdogan called on his “balanced” approach to Ukraine, Turkey is one of the few countries that have good relations with both sides, maintaining trade and diplomatic relations with Moscow.

The last pushiveness of peace is under Russian spring attacks, which has seen that its military forces are attacking the strategic cities of Pokrovsky, Dorky and Chasov. The deep condition, the Ukrainian analytical group, which have to do with the Ministry of Defense, from May 8 to 10 on Russia’s unilateral “ceasefire”, the country’s forces have begun to attack the same period during the same period of April.

It recorded about 155 separate attacks every day during the three-day period.

“There was no resistance to any front,” the group said.

Additional report by John Paul Ratbon in Istanbul