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Investing.com -- Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated both Russia and the United States are interested in holding a bilateral meeting, according to Russian news agencies TASS and Interfax.
Putin mentioned the United Arab Emirates as "one of fitting places" for a potential meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Interfax reported Thursday.
The Russian leader also stated he "in general doesn’t mind meeting" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, though he added there are "no conditions yet" for such a meeting to take place. Putin noted Russia has "many friends ready to arrange" such meetings.
These comments follow an announcement by Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov that Putin and Trump will meet "in the coming days," marking what would be the first summit between leaders of the two countries since 2021.
The summit announcement came after Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, held talks with Putin seeking a breakthrough to end the Ukraine war. Trump has threatened new sanctions against Russia and countries purchasing Russian exports if no deal is reached.
"At the suggestion of the American side, an agreement was essentially reached to hold a bilateral meeting at the highest level in the coming days, that is, a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump," Ushakov said.
According to Ushakov, a summit venue has been agreed upon but will be announced later. Putin was scheduled to meet with the president of the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.
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