Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet on Friday at 11:00 local time at Elmendorf-Richardson Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, which in Poland will correspond to 21:00. According to the Kremlin, the talks will begin with a one-on-one gathering and then a gathering of both delegations will be held during a joint lunch. Although the full membership of the participants has not been revealed, the US side is expected to be attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and peculiar Envoy for mediate East Steve Witkoff. The Russian delegation will include, among others, the Minister of abroad Affairs Sergey Lavrov, the President's advisor for global affairs Yuri Uszakov, the Minister of Defence Andrey Bielousov, the economical advisor Kirił Dmitriev and the Finance Minister Anton Siwanov.
As announced by Donald Trump and his colleagues, the American president intends primarily to perceive to Vladimir Putin, get to know his position and search a ceasefire. Trump besides announced that no decisions would be taken in this case. They are not to be taken until the next meeting.
Reduction of NATO forces in Europe
On Thursday, the U.S. president was asked if he would consider reducing NATO forces in Europe, including in countries specified as Poland, to get Vladimir Putin to sign a peace agreement.
I didn't get that offer. I'll think about it later. – he replied by talking to journalists in the White home Oval Office.
Key meeting
He added that the next day he would meet with the president of Russia and anticipate good meeting. However, he stressed that another 1 would be even more crucial – with the participation of Putin, president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski and possibly any European leaders. – It should happen very shortly after this meeting. Actually, I'd like it to be held in Alaska, where we could stay, due to the fact that that would be a lot easier. said the president of the United States.
Trump expressed the belief that both Putin and Zelenski were ready to make peace. The odds of success in Anchorage were 75 percent. At the same time, the president of the United States stated that already in the first minutes of Friday's gathering with Putin he would be able to measure whether the talks were successful or not.
He besides added that he initially thought that ending the war in Ukraine would be a simple task, but it turned out to be much harder than expected. He estimated that if he had not won this year's U.S. election, Putin would have taken over all Ukraine.
