6 hours agoThe meeting starts in the air, Trump and Putin will meet on the plane
Periskopi(10 months ago)
(10 months ago)US President Donald Trump will welcome his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on his plane before heading to a military base in Alaska, where the official part of the meeting will begin. The meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska will be their first in the second term [...]
The meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska will be their first in Trump's second term.
The two last met in 2021.
The meeting was organised, at Russia's request, regarding the situation in Ukraine, respectively the aggression Russia launched against this country in February 2022 and is still continuing.
Trump and Putin will begin the meeting at 9: 00 a.m. and will take place at the Elmandorf-Richardson military base, the largest in Alaska.
Besides Ukraine, other issues of importance to Putin and Trump are on the table, and the main focus will be on the possible normalisation of relations between Moscow and Washington.
Russia hopes to get out of this meeting without additional sanctions, which Trump announced, and with confirmation of the invasion of parts of Ukraine, as well as the potential to open up to the American market and eventually the world market.
On the other hand, Trump hopes to get out of this meeting with a ceasefire plan in Ukraine.
He said in the election campaign that he would stop the war “within 24 hours”, but failed to do so.
This meeting is his most serious attempt so far to end the war that began with the invasion of Ukraine from Russia.
