The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that this Sunday (28) he had a “very productive” telephone conversation with the dictator Vladimir Putin, before the meeting he will have with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon.
Trump and Zelensky will discuss at the meeting, scheduled to take place at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, the peace plan promoted by Washington to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
“I just had a very productive telephone conversation with the president [ditador] Putin, from Russia, before my meeting, today at 1 pm, with President Zelensky, from Ukraine”, indicated Trump on his Truth Social network, where he usually makes announcements.
“The meeting will take place in the main dining room of Mar-a-Lago. The press is invited. Thank you for your attention! President DJT”, added the president, who has focused his second term on efforts to end conflicts around the world.
The peace plan drawn up by Ukraine together with the United States and European partners proposes a non-aggression pact, security guarantees for Kiev and entry into the European Union (EU) in the medium term.
It also indicates that Russia and Ukraine irrevocably commit not to attack each other. However, Zelensky considers that the continued Russian attacks demonstrate that Vladimir Putin “really doesn’t want peace.”
Before his meeting with Trump, Zelensky met in Canada with Prime Minister Mark Carney, who noted that negotiations to achieve a “just and lasting” peace in Ukraine are at a “crucial” moment.
The Canadian Prime Minister added that there are “the conditions and the possibility” for peace, but that to achieve it “the will” of Russia is needed.
Zelensky said earlier that this meeting, which he had waited for weeks, “is very important” and before his arrival in the United States, he carried out intense diplomatic activity, with telephone conversations with the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz; with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen; with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal; with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb; and with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
According to the Ukrainian, who showed his commitment to the peace initiative, two important points of friction emerged in the talks between Washington and Kiev: the fate of the Donbass region, in eastern Ukraine, and control of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, occupied by Russia. These themes are expected to be part of this Sunday’s conversation with Trump.
Last week, representatives from the United States and Ukraine discussed in Miami the security guarantees for Kiev within this new peace plan and the economic recovery of the European country after the end of the conflict, with an emphasis on defining deadlines and the sequence of the next steps in the negotiation.
