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17 Aug 2025, 11:38 GMT+10
The trilateral meeting could reportedly take place if Monday's encounter with the Ukrainian leader is successful
US President Donald Trump is seeking a trilateral summit with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week, Axios and CNN have reported. The meeting could take place if Trump's Oval Office talks with Zelensky on Monday are successful, according to the outlets.
On Friday, Trump met Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, in their first facetoface encounter since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. Trump described the talks as "warm," while the Russian president called them "frank" and "substantive."
After the Alaska summit, Trump and Zelensky held a phone call described by the media as "not easy." European leaders also joined the conversation, during which the US president told them "he wants to arrange a trilateral summit with Putin and Zelensky as soon as next Friday," according to Axios. CNN later confirmed this, adding that at least one European leader is expected to take part in the Washington talks with Zelensky, although it is not yet clear who.
Later on Saturday, Trump confirmed Zelensky's Oval Office meeting on his Truth Social network, touting a followup meeting with Putin that could potentially take place afterwards. He added that the goal should be a peace agreement rather than a temporary ceasefire, "which often times do not hold up."
Moscow has insisted that a lasting settlement requires Kiev to renounce its ambitions for NATO membership, demilitarize, and recognize current territorial realities. This includes Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye as part of Russia - regions that voted to join the country in referendums held in 2014 and 2022. Zelensky has consistently rejected any territorial concessions.
Trump later told Fox News that Zelensky should "make the deal," stressing that Putin "wants to see it done" and urging Europe to "get involved a little bit."
Putin has not ruled out direct talks with Zelensky but stressed they must be preceded by progress on a wider settlement. Moscow has also questioned Zelensky's authority to sign binding agreements, noting that his presidential term expired last year and that no new elections have been held under martial law.
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