Trump to hold talks on ending Ukraine war: White House

Also this week the Trump administration will actively seek talks with its European counterparts to end Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Lee Seung-jae has details.

U.S. President Donald Trump's national security advisor Mike Waltz said Sunday that Washington will hold talks with European officials this week on how to end the Ukraine war.

Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press,.. Waltz said a delegation including the U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Vice President, and the U.S. Special Envoy to Europe will hold talks on ending the war.

The national security advisor did not go into the details,.. but said that Trump is ready to bring the Ukraine issue to the table this week.

This includes the issue of future American aid to Ukraine.

However, Waltz stressed that the U.S. needs to recoup the costs, through a partnership with the Ukrainians over its rare earth, and natural resources, all of which are going to be discussed this week.

While Waltz says Trump will end the war, the security guarantees will be up to the Europeans.

The announcement of the high-level talks comes as the New York Post last Friday reported that President Trump has spoken to President Putin about ending the Ukraine war.

In an interview aboard Air Force One, Trump said he spoke on the phone with Putin to try to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war, but would not say how many times the two leaders have spoken since his return to the Oval Office last month.

While Trump did not go into specific details of their phone call, he said that Putin wants to "see people stop dying," adding that the three-year-old war "never would have happened" if he had been president in 2022.

The Kremlin has neither confirmed nor denied that the two leaders have spoken on the phone to discuss ending the war.

Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.