The US President stated that a "more important" meeting than the one between him and Vladimir Putin will be a trilateral meeting involving the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, Putin, and himself.
"Tomorrow we have a meeting with Putin. But the more important meeting will be between Putin, Zelensky, and me. We might invite some European leaders, or maybe not," Trump stated. He added that if the meeting is unsuccessful, it will "end very quickly," but if all goes well, "we will achieve peace in the near future."
When asked by a journalist whether the US will offer Russia the opportunity to mine rare earth minerals in Alaska during the negotiations, the American President said these resources are "not important at all." "I am trying to save lives," he noted, adding once again that Putin would have taken over all of Ukraine if Trump were not president.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that during the negotiations with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the US President aims to achieve a "certain cessation of hostilities." "The longer these wars continue, the harder they are to stop. This is the reality of ongoing hostilities, which is why a ceasefire is so critical," CNN quotes him.
Rubio also noted that to achieve peace, "there must be a certain discussion about security guarantees, there must be a certain discussion about territorial disputes and claims, and also about what they are fighting for."
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