Trump’s future national security adviser confirms plans to meet with Putin
Pravda Ukraine
Mike Waltz, Donald Trump’s incoming National Security Adviser, has confirmed that the president-elect’s team is working on preparing for his upcoming meeting with the Russian leader and will be in contact with the Russian side “in the coming months”.
Source: Waltz on ABC, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Waltz confirmed that preparations for Trump’s meeting with Putin are already underway and that the president-elect considers it essential to try to implement his plans to stop the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Quote: “The preparations are underway… From President Trump’s perspective, you can’t enter a deal if you don’t have some type of relationship and dialogue with the other side. And we will absolutely establish that in the coming months,” Waltz said.
The interviewer asked about the possible format of the meeting and whether they were inclined to think that it would be a bilateral meeting between Trump and Putin or whether they were considering a trilateral format with the involvement of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Quote: “We haven’t set the exact framework for it yet. We’re working on that. But I do expect a call at least in the coming days and weeks,” Waltz said, likely referring to a conversation between Trump and the Kremlin leader.
Waltz said that a ceasefire agreement would be an “incredibly positive first step” to begin to negotiate a diplomatic end to the war.
Quote: “Everybody knows that this has to end somehow diplomatically. I just don’t think it’s realistic to say, ‘We’re going to expel every Russian from every inch of Ukrainian soil, even Crimea’.
President Trump has acknowledged that reality, and I think it’s been a huge step forward that the entire world is acknowledging this reality. Now let’s move forward [and think – ed.] how do we no longer perpetuate this conflict, and how do we no longer allow it to escalate in a way that drags in the entire world.”
Background:
- A few days ago, US President-elect Donald Trump said he was already working on organising a meeting with Putin.
- Commenting on this statement, the Kremlin noted that the Russian leader is “open to contacts”.
- Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said that Kyiv expects a meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump to take place shortly after his inauguration on 20 January.
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