US President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the United States will reached an agreement with the Russian Federation and Ukraine under a peace agreement.
Trump noted that negotiations aimed at achieving a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine are continuing.
“I believe that Russia is ready to achieve an agreement. I think we have an agreement with Russia, now we should reach an agreement with (President of Ukraine Vladimir) Zelensky. I thought that it would be easier to agree with Zelensky, but so far it turned out to be more difficult. But this is normal, I think we can reach an agreement with them both,” the president said, commenting on the situation around the Russian -Ukrainian war in the Russian -Ukrainian war. Oval office.
The head of the White House also made the opportunity to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin after his trip to the Middle East.
According to Trump, he could meet with the President of Russia not in Saudi Arabia, but shortly after that.
Commenting on the question of the policy of White Bom regarding the accession of Crimea to Russia, Trump said that he doesn’t care if they (the presidents of the Russian Federation and Ukraine) would be satisfied and both will sign the agreements. “I have no favorites,” he said.
At the same time, Trump emphasized that Zelensky’s statement that “Ukraine does not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea,” “extremely harmful” for negotiations with Russia.
In the statement made earlier in the White House, Trump noted that the Russian-Ukrainian process is developing positively.
“There is a very high probability that the agreement between Russia and Ukraine will be reached this week,” he said.
Trump’s special representative Steve Whitkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, and as reported in the White House, the negotiations were in a positive way.
The special representative of the US President plans to make a visit to the Russian Federation this week.