President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump expressed hope that Monday’s critical talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Monday’s hastily assembled meeting comes after Trump met on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has said that the onus is now on Zelenskyy to agree to concessions that he said could end the war.
“If everything works out today, we’ll have a trilat,” Trump said, referring to possible trilateral talks among Zelenskyy, Putin and Trump. “We’re going to work with Russia, we’re going to work with Ukraine.”
Zelenskyy also expressed openness to trilateral talks.
“We are ready for trilateral as president said,” Zelenskyy said. “It’s a good signal about trilateral. I think this is very good.”
