‘No deal until there is a deal’: What transpired at high-stakes Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska
Putin said the dialogue with Trump was held in “respectful, constructive and mutually respectful atmosphere”
Putin said the dialogue with Trump was held in “respectful, constructive and mutually respectful atmosphere”
Putin said the dialogue with Trump was held in “respectful, constructive and mutually respectful atmosphere”
Putin said the dialogue with Trump was held in “respectful, constructive and mutually respectful atmosphere”
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held crucial talks in Alaska on Friday on ending the Ukraine war that has killed thousands of people since it began in February 2022. Though both leaders claimed that the summit was positive, no proper resolution has been reached in the meeting, reports said.
The two leaders addressed the media after the meeting for a short briefing.
In a departure from tradition, Putin spoke first at the meeting. Usually, when a US president hosts a foreign counterpart, the joint news conference would begin with the remarks from the American leader.
Putin said the primary cause of the war must be eliminated to end the ongoing conflict with Ukraine. He also warned Ukraine and European leaders against interfering with the “emerging progress”.
Putin said the dialogue with Trump was held in “respectful, constructive and mutually respectful atmosphere”.
Trump, on his part, claimed that the two leaders made some headway in the bilateral meeting. “We had an extremely productive meeting, and many points were agreed to,” he said.
But he added: “There is no deal until there is a deal”.
The high-stakes meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage lasted more than three hours, CNN reported. Putin was accompanied by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov while on the US side Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff were present.
Earlier, the two leaders greeted each other on the red carpet after deplaning their respective aircraft, shook hands, posed for photos, and departed together in Trump’s presidential limousine to the venue.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had not been invited to the meeting, though Trump said he would call him and other European leaders after the summit to brief them on the results.
Trump had hinted at a trilateral meeting involving both Putin and Zelenskyy if the Alaska dialogue went smoothly.
Ukraine and the European allies have been maintaining that only an immediate ceasefire by Russia can provide the basis for meaningful peace talks.
CNN quoted two European leaders as saying that Trump had suggested he would push for a ceasefire at Friday’s Alaska talks.