Washington (TDI): The President of the United States, Donald Trump, had pledged to the people of America that he would end the war against Ukraine and play a key mediator role in this peaceful ending. On Sunday, he said, ”I will meet Putin soon.”
Trump told reporters on Sunday, ”There is no time scheduled for a meeting, but it’ll happen very soon.” He added, ”It’ll be soon; we’ll see what happens.”
In this media briefing, Trump told reporters, “They have a big, powerful machine, you understand that. They defeated Hitler and Napoleon. They’ve been fighting a long time.”
On the runway of Air Force One, reporters asked a series of questions to Trump; they said that if Putin believed in seizing the entire territory of Ukraine, then what would America do? He said it’ll be a big problem for us if so.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I think President Putin wants to stop fighting… I think he wants to end it. pic.twitter.com/0OhY25ly9K
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In such a scenario, Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said that Putin had a phone call with President Trump. So far, every peaceful process in war cannot be resolved overnight.
During the American election campaign, Trump promised the people of America that he was a peacemaker and that there would be no war against Ukraine.
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In this peaceful process of ending the Russia-Ukraine war, the European allies and Ukrainian officials have raised some reservations that Washington could be racing to achieve a secure, peaceful plan without taking little input from allies and victim party, Ukrainian officials.
Marco Rubio also focused on involving European allies and Ukrainian officials in the peaceful dialogue. He expressed these concerns in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh. He said both must be involved in any “real negotiations” resulting from the meeting.
On the other hand, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an interview with NBC’s news, said that he would “never accept” any agreement reached without his country’s involvement, and this is the war against us, and it is our human losses.” he added
European leaders are set to gather in Paris on Monday for an emergency summit to discuss Ukraine’s conflict and future security.
Moreover, due to this disturbed security situation in the Ukraine-Russia war, European leaders are set to gather on Monday for an emergency meeting to discuss the conflict and the future security of Ukraine.
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