Potential meeting between Putin, Trump as early as next week

Published on: 2025/08/07 12:34

Potential meeting between Putin, Trump as early as next week
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Following a meeting between Russian President Putin and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow, U.S. President Trump hinted at a potential meeting between the two leaders.. as soon as next week.

Ahn Sung-jin has the details.

U.S. President Donald Trump could hold in-person talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week.

Trump told European leaders during a call on Wednesday that he intends to meet with Putin and then follow up with a three-way talk also involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"But we had some very good talks with President Putin today. And there's a very good chance that we could be ending the round, ending the end to that road. That road was long and continues to be long but there's a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon."

This follows Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff's trip to Moscow for talks with Putin.

Though no readouts of the 3-hour-long meeting have been released, the White House said that the meeting had gone well, and Trump added that it was "highly productive" resulting in "major progress."

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio added that Putin outlined "concrete examples of the kinds of things that Russia would ask for", further stating that it may be the first time doing so since this administration began.

The Kremlin later said that Putin had "sent a signal" to the U.S. regarding Ukraine to which the U.S. allegedly "responded."

Through a post on Truth Social, Trump also confirmed that he spoke with Zelenskyy as well, adding that "everyone agrees this war must end."

Zelenskyy later addressed the call through a social-media message, saying that they talked about what was discussed in Moscow and acknowledged that Russia does seem more inclined to agree to a ceasefire.

He also thanked his European allies for their support.

This comes just days before a deadline set by Trump for Russia to agree to peace in Ukraine or face tougher sanctions measures including secondary sanctions on countries that do business with Russia.

When and where the meeting would take place is unclear, but if this meeting does take place, it would be the first face-to-face meeting between a sitting U.S. and Russian president since 2021 when former President Biden met with Putin in Geneva.

Ahn Sung-jin, Arirang News.

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