Trump mentioned in another post that he had “a wonderful talk” with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, who is known to be close to Putin. “Our conversation was a very good one. We discussed many topics, including President Putin’s visit to Alaska.”
The high-stakes summit marks the first in-person meeting between an American president and Putin since Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. It aims to establish the groundwork for a ceasefire. Zelenskyy and European leaders did not receive invitations to this meeting.
“The key thing is that this meeting should open up a real path toward a just peace and a substantive discussion between leaders in a trilateral format — Ukraine, the United States, and the Russian side,” Zelenskyy stated in a social media post.
The summit is set to begin at 11 a.m. local time (9 p.m. Central European Time) at a military facility in Anchorage.
During the initial part of the talks, Trump, Putin, and their translators will meet privately. Afterwards, the discussions will proceed in a president-plus-five format. The Kremlin’s delegation will include Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Putin’s adviser Ushakov, and special presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, as reported by Russian state media.
The White House announced that its delegation will consist of 16 people, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
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