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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are expected to make an appeal about the Russian-Ukraine War on Tuesday, the American president said, while Washington is trying to negotiate a cease-fire contract.
“I’m going to talk to President Putin on Tuesday. Lots of work was done this weekend, ” Asset Air Force told journalists a late Sunday evening. “We are doing quite well, I think, with Russia. We will see if we have something to announce on Tuesday. »»
When he was asked what concessions he would look for in Putin, Trump said: “I think we will talk about land” and “power plants”.
“I think we have already discussed it a lot by both sides,” said Trump. “We are already talking about that [ with Ukraine and Russia] Divide certain assets.
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff told CNN on Sunday that he had a “positive” meeting with Putin and that the Russian and Ukrainian parties “are much closer” in negotiations.
The comments come after the United States and its G7 partners warned on Friday in Moscow that they could extend the sanctions And use frozen Russian active ingredients to support Ukraine, because Trump seeks to win Putin in his cease-fire proposal.
The joint declaration followed a week in which Kyiv registered in the 30 -day truce But Moscow reported a reluctance to do so immediately. Witkoff told CNN that he had been attended to improve cease-fire negotiations after the two parties were previously “miles away”.
After talks in Saudi Arabia led by the US National Security Councilor Mike Waltz and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as well as Witkoff’s “equally positive” meeting with Putin, “we have reduced the differences between them and now we are sitting at the table,” he added.
The Embassy of the White House and Russia in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
The envoy told CBS that negotiations were complex, involving several angles and a large strip of territory, including a “main confrontation area” in the Kursk region, a nuclear reactor providing electricity to Ukraine and access to ports.
“There are so many elements for the implementation of a ceasefire here,” said Witkoff, adding that it “implies how to bring people not to fight between them on a border of 2,000 kilometers”.
He also seemed to reject a statement made by French President Emmanuel Macron, who argued that Russia “does not seem to sincere peace”.
Witkoff refused to comment on Macron’s remarks, but added: “I think it’s unfortunate when people do this kind of assessments, and they don’t necessarily have knowledge of the first hand. . . I saw a constructive effort over a long period to discuss the details of what’s going on in the field. ”
Asked when he thinks there will be an agreement, Witkoff cited Trump, who said it would take weeks. “I do not disagree with him,” the envoy told CNN.
Additional Steff Chávez report in Washington
