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Whether you like it or not, you have to talk to adversaries."
On Saturday, Kellogg defended the prospect of engaging with Putin in an effort to achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine, saying in Munich We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations,
Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday after the call As far as the negotiation, it’s too early to say what’s going to happen. Maybe Russia will give up a lot, maybe they won’t, and it’s all dependent on what is going to happen,
Trump said during a news conference alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi As a great secretary of defense, General Mattis, once said: I may not like this son of a b----, but I got to talk to him,
The Secretary re-affirmed President Trump’s commitment to finding an end to the conflict in Ukraine,
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said I think that’s not going to happen,
added Kellogg, in response to a reporter’s question about whether the Ukrainians and Europeans would be at the table directly Rubio and Waltz and Witkoff (are) being dispatched to Saudi to talk to the Ukrainians and the Russians about Ukraine.”
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mike McCaul also confirmed the plans during an interview with Politico at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, saying We think we’re going to probably meet in Saudi Arabia, the first meeting,
Trump said of a potential meeting with Putin, hours after the two spoke by phone Wednesday You got a Russian track going on. At the same time, we’ve got a Ukrainian track going on,
If you have to insist you’re relevant, it likely means you’re not,
one European diplomat said There will only be peace if Ukraine’s sovereignty is secured,
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the conference on Saturday Trump said to me that Putin wants to stop the war. I said to him ‘Putin is a liar. I hope that you will pressure him because I don’t trust him,’
The president wants peace. But it’s got to be a deal where the Ukrainians are at the table in this deal now,
They're part of it. We would have Ukraine, and we have Russia, and we'll have other people involved, a lot of people,
Trump told a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House From day one ... they've said they cannot have Ukraine be in NATO. They said that very strongly, ... I actually
We're working with (Ukrainian) President (Volodymyr) Zelensky and with (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin, and my impression is that ... I know that President Zelensky wants to make a deal, and I also feel that I know that President Putin wants to make a deal,
One way or another, of course, Ukraine will participate in the talks. Of course, there will be both a bilateral Russian-American dialogue and a talk Ukraine will get involved in,
Talks with Russians in Munich are not expected."
Ukrainian communications adviser, Dmytro Lytvyn, responding to Trump's invite said in statement Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity are unconditional,
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Wednesday night We, of course, understand that our main counterpart in this process is Washington,
Peskov said, according to Russian state media
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