Trump works to arrange the summit between Putin, Zelinski after the White House meetings on Monday

Washington – President Trump works Coordination of a meeting Between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Voludeimir Zellinski, who will be the first face interaction between the two leaders since then Russia invaded Ukraine More than three years ago.

When asked about the arrangement of the meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said of Fox & Friends that he would allow Puterin and Zelenskyy to meet first before participating, saying, “They were not completely best friends.”

“I hope President Putin will be good, and if not, this will be an approximate situation,” said Mr. Trump. He indicated that he hoped that “Zelinski does what he must do,” saying that he must “show some flexibility as well.”

The efforts of Mr. Trump come one day after an extraordinary series of meetings at the White House between the American President, Zelenskyy and European leaders. In a unit presentation, Zellinski and European leaders stressed the importance of security guarantees in the peace deal, which Mr. Trump said can come with us coordination.

Attention has now turned into a possible summit between Putin and Zellinski. After Monday’s meetings, Mr. Trump said he contacted Putin to prepare the meeting, “He picked it up with great happiness,” despite the late hour in Russia. Mr. Trump called it a “very good invitation.”

Mr. Trump said: “I told him that we will meet with President Zelinsky, and they will meet, then after that meeting, if everything is fine, I will meet and conclude.” He added that the matter requires “Two to Tango”, and that “they must have a somewhat relationship, otherwise, we waste a lot of time.”

Zelinski He said CBS News shortly after the White House left that no date for Putin’s meeting has been appointed, although German Chancellor Friedrich Mirz said he might be within the next two weeks. in mail On X Tuesday, Zelinski described the talks in Washington as “a really important step towards ending the war and ensuring the security of Ukraine and our people.”

“We are already working on the concrete content of safety guarantees,” Zelinski said. “Today, we continue to coordinate at the leadership level. There will be discussions, and we are preparing for relevant coordination.”

Only a Russian spokesman will say that high -level talks will happen, but it will not confirm that Putin will participate.

Mr. Trump, from Putin met In Alaska last week, she expressed insistence on the timing of the next meeting, indicating that the long wait will lead to thousands of deaths. What seemed to be a hot microphone on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron told Macron that Putin “wanted to make a deal for me.”

President Fox explained that he was surprised that Zelinski and Putin “were a little better than I thought,” adding that they had to call the footage. “

“We will discover President Putin in the next two weeks, and I can tell you, and we will see where everything goes,” said Mr. Trump. “It is possible that he does not want a deal.”

Meanwhile, security guarantees of Ukraine appeared as a major issue during the two meetings, as Zelenskyy described it as “a starting point towards ending the war.”

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said on Monday that the United States will work with European allies and other allies to provide security guarantees to Ukraine after the war, although it has not provided details. Macron said that discussions about what the United States wants to present could start as soon as possible on Tuesday.

On security guarantees, Mr. Trump said that European leaders are “ready to put people on the ground”, and that “we are ready to help them in things, especially, perhaps if you can talk about the air because there is no one of the kind of things that we have.” But the president added that “I do not think it will be a problem.”

“There will be a form of security,” said Mr. Trump. “NATO cannot be, because that was – this is not something that will happen at all.”

Nancy Cordes

He contributed to this report.