“US President Donald Trump, who had previously admitted that he could visit Istanbul on May 16, where the negotiations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine were planned, he said that he would most likely not go to Turkey and return to the US.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: British TV channel Sky News with reference to a high -ranking white house official
Details: According to the channel interlocutor, Trump will not visit Turkey after it became known that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be present in the negotiations.
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But, speaking to the United Arab Emirates (the third and last stop of Turne Trump in the Middle East), the US president suggested that he would most likely go home.
Direct Trump language: “We will go tomorrow … It’s almost” destination unknown. “We get calls:” Can you be here? Can you be there? “But we will most likely come back to Washington.”
Prehistory:
- Kremlin head Vladimir Putin late on May 14 approved the composition of the delegation for negotiations with Ukraine in Turkey on May 15. Putin himself is not in the list.
- On the eve of the media reported that Trump would not go to Turkey, although earlier he said that he was “thinking” of a visit to Turkey if Putin went there.
- On May 15, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should meet in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Taiip Erdogan. Earlier, Zelensky said he was ready to come to Istanbul if Putin arrives there.
- US President Donald Trump also said he was ready to come to Istanbul on Friday, May 16, for negotiations on the Russian-Ukrainian war.