Riad (dpa-AfX)-U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to the possible meeting of Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj with Kremlin chief, according to US President Donald Trump Vladimir Putin to Turkey. The talks there would take place at the end of this week, probably on Thursday, the Republican said when he visited Saudi Arabia. He describes this as “very important” and was optimistic that “very good results” could be achieved.
In addition to Rubio, according to the White House, Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg will also travel to the possible Ukrainian-Russian conversations.
Most recently, Trump was considering participating. “I have so many appointments, but I was thinking about actually flying there,” said Trump on Monday before his departure to Saudi Arabia. On request, Trump added: “I would fly there if I think it would be helpful.”
The proposal to resume direct peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey from Thursday comes from Kremlin chief Putin – however, it is still open whether he will be there himself. Selenskyj, according to his own statement, will fly to Turkey, meet the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and wait for Putin./Fsp/dp/men