US President Donald Trump will meet with russian leader vladimir putin only if putin also meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A White House representative reported this to the New York Post.
"Putin must meet with Zelenskyy for the meeting to occur. No location has been set," a White House representative told the publication.
At the same time, putin's aide Yuri Ushakov said that an agreement in principle had been reached to hold a meeting between putin and Trump in the coming days, claiming that this was done "at the suggestion of the American side."
In fact, the White House did not confirm the bilateral meeting, nor did it mention it during a press conference on Wednesday, at which it spoke about a possible trilateral meeting with the participation of the presidents of the United States, russia and Ukraine.
Trump himself was not very optimistic about the prospects of a trilateral meeting at the briefing, noting that he had "already been disappointed" by moscow's promises to seek peace.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on August 7, US President Donald Trump said that his personal meeting with russian dictator vladimir putin could take place in the near future.
At the same time, the White House stated that the initiative for the meeting between russian president vladimir putin and US President Donald Trump came from the russian side.
At the same time, on August 7, putin called the United Arab Emirates a likely place for a meeting with Trump.
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