JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — President Trump stated Friday he made progress on key factors throughout a gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin however didn’t specify what these factors had been or what disagreements remained to realize peace in Ukraine.
“We didn’t get there, however we’ve got a very good likelihood,” Trump stated, signaling there was no closing settlement out of Friday’s talks.
The president didn’t take questions or supply another particulars. He indicated he would converse with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following Friday’s summit in Alaska.
Regardless of each leaders talking of progress, neither one provided any specifics about what that regarded like in tangible phrases.
“We had an extremely productive meeting, and many points were agreed to. There are just a very few that are left,” Trump stated. “Some are not that significant. One is probably the most significant.”
Trump and Putin met for roughly three hours. What was presupposed to be a one-on-one assembly turned a three-on-three assembly with high aides, with Trump joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and particular envoy Steve Witkoff.
As Putin spoke at Friday’s joint press convention, Trump largely stored a straight face and infrequently regarded over at his Russian counterpart.
The Russian president cautioned leaders in Europe and in Ukraine towards undercutting any progress that was made throughout Friday’s discussions.
In an enchantment to Trump, Putin stated Russia-U.S. had hit a low level in 2022, when he final spoke to then-President Biden.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after amassing troops close to the border.
Trump and different White Home officers had spent days tempering expectations that he would strike a peace deal on Friday with Putin.
Nonetheless, the White Home rolled out the crimson carpet for Putin in Alaska — actually. Officers unfurled crimson carpets for Trump and Putin to stroll alongside upon touchdown on the air base.
The 2 males had a heat handshake upon first assembly, and so they rode alone within the presidential limousine and had been seen chuckling as they drove from the tarmac to the positioning of the summit. They didn’t reply questions from reporters throughout their greeting or throughout their sit-down with high aides.
As Trump wrapped up his remarks, he advised he could also be seeing Putin once more within the close to future. Trump had in current days indicated Friday’s assembly was meant as a precursor to a summit with each Putin and Zelensky that might obtain peace.
“Next time in Moscow,” Putin responded in English.
Up to date 7:39 p.m.
