US President Donald Trump has floated the idea of a “quick” second round of talks following his planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, suggesting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could also join.
Trump said he would participate in the proposed three-way meeting if his presence were welcomed.
Speaking at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC on Wednesday, ahead of his scheduled meeting with Putin on Friday, Trump told reporters he would use the talks to “find out where we are and what we’re doing.”
“If the meeting goes okay, we’ll have a quick second one – I would like to do it almost immediately,” Trump said. He added that the follow-up could bring together Putin, Zelenskyy and himself “if they’d like to have me there.”
Moscow has consistently said it is open to a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Ukraine, but insists that any agreement must address the root causes of the war and acknowledge the realities on the ground, including the status of former Ukrainian territories that joined Russia after public referendums.
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Zelenskyy, who earlier described the Alaska summit as a “personal victory” for Putin, arrived in Berlin on Wednesday to meet German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and join a video call between European leaders and Trump.
Putin has indicated he has “nothing in principle” against meeting Zelenskyy but maintains that “certain conditions must be created” first.
He has also questioned Zelenskyy’s legal authority to sign binding agreements, arguing that his presidential term expired last year and he has refused to hold fresh elections under martial law. Moscow has declared him “illegitimate.”
Russian officials have stated that the Alaska talks could be a crucial step in repairing strained US-Russia relations and resolving long-standing disputes between the two countries.
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