On September 28, the Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to meet US President Donald Trump in Moscow, Russia. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Mr. Putin's invitation is still valid and the decision belongs to Mr. Trump.
In August, after talks in Anchorage, Alaska, Mr. Putin proposed to organize the next summit in Moscow. Mr. Trump believes that this plan can be implemented, although he admitted that he will face many criticisms.
Trump has previously repeatedly affirmed that a positive personal relationship with Mr. Putin would help the US play an intermediary role in promoting a peace deal for the conflict in Ukraine, but this effort has not yet yielded results.
In relevant developments, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, after a more than five-hour meeting with Putin in Moscow, said Russia was about to make a very good proposal to Ukraine to end the conflict. He said the proposal was made at a summit between Putin and Trump in Alaska and has now been sent to Washington for consideration. However, specific details have not been released.
Russia has previously set conditions including Ukraine's territory ceding, abandoning its plans to join NATO and limiting its military size, but Kiev has denied it. Meanwhile, three days ago, Mr. Trump affirmed that Ukraine was capable of reclaiming all of its territory and should act immediately. The Kremlin said the view was affected by a recent meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
