Putin, Donald Trump and Russia
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Vladimir Putin rejected calls to join direct talks with Ukraine's leader in Turkey, seemingly unphased by mounting pressure from Trump to strike a peace deal.
As for Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman helped lay the groundwork for the Sharaa-Trump meeting.Turkey is now able to work with countries that it previously had problems with, such as Saudi Arabia.
President Donald Trump was not phased by Russian President Vladimir Putin opting not to attend peace talks with Ukrainian officials in Turkey, saying he did not expect Putin to go if he was not there.
Neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor U.S. President Donald Trump look likely to attend peace talks that were due to be held in Turkey on Thursday.
Trump said he wants a face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart as soon as possible, after insisting that Ukraine peace talks would not progress without that.
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That meeting wasn’t going to take place,” Trump told reporters Monday. “I insisted that that meeting take place, and it is taking place.”
For now the Holy See says the idea of even hosting talks is more a hope than a concrete plan.
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