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Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet his US counterpart, Donald Trump, as soon as next week, with a venue for the summit already agreed by both sides, RT reported citing Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov.
Expectations for an in-person meeting between Putin and Trump increased following a visit to Moscow by US special envoy Steve Witkoff this week, which the White House described as producing better results than expected, RT reported.
Ushakov said details of the proposed meeting would be revealed later, but an agreement in principle has already been reached that it would happen soon, according to RT.
Witkoff also proposed the idea of a trilateral meeting involving Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, which Moscow declined to comment on, according to the report.
Previous reports in the US media said the Trump administration was looking for a meeting with Putin next week and had proposed extending an invitation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian leader claims he needs to talk directly with the Russian president to make progress in the peace talks.