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US-RUSSIA: Kremlin: 'Several Countries' Have Offered To Host Putin-Trump Talk

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Reuters reporting that Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov told reporters today that, "several countries had already offered to host talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, though he declined to say which."

  • Come after Trump, speaking at a conservative political event in Arizona on Sunday, suggested he could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly after assuming office on January 20, repeating that resolving the war in Ukraine is “one of the things I want to do quickly.”
  • Reuters notes that Putin said on Thursday, "that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with Trump and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities... But Putin said any talks should take as their starting point a preliminary agreement reached between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the early weeks of the war at talks in Istanbul, which was never implemented."
  • The Washington Post reported today that Trump's re-election, and battlefield realities appear to be pushing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the negotiating table: "...after previously stating that negotiations could begin only once Moscow withdrew all its troops, Zelensky is now emphasizing the need for long-term security rather than the immediatereturn of territory."
  • Some possible candidates for hosting Trump-Putin talks include Turkey, Hungary, and Switzerland.
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Reuters reporting that Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov told reporters today that, "several countries had already offered to host talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, though he declined to say which."

  • Come after Trump, speaking at a conservative political event in Arizona on Sunday, suggested he could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly after assuming office on January 20, repeating that resolving the war in Ukraine is “one of the things I want to do quickly.”
  • Reuters notes that Putin said on Thursday, "that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with Trump and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities... But Putin said any talks should take as their starting point a preliminary agreement reached between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the early weeks of the war at talks in Istanbul, which was never implemented."
  • The Washington Post reported today that Trump's re-election, and battlefield realities appear to be pushing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the negotiating table: "...after previously stating that negotiations could begin only once Moscow withdrew all its troops, Zelensky is now emphasizing the need for long-term security rather than the immediatereturn of territory."
  • Some possible candidates for hosting Trump-Putin talks include Turkey, Hungary, and Switzerland.