LONDON — The assembly between the U.S. delegation headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ukraine and Russia are set to happen in Turkey on Friday following a day of confusion on Thursday.
Notably absent from the talks, nevertheless, are Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who’s in Albania, and Russian President Putin, who’s in Moscow, as delegates from the USA, Ukraine and Turkey meet.
President Trump stated this Friday morning in Abu Dhabi that he desires to fulfill with Russian President Vladimir Putin “as quickly as we will set it up” to barter an finish to the warfare in Ukraine
“We’ll do it,” Trump stated. “I really assume it is time for us to do it,” he stated.
Trump advised that “in two or three weeks” the world may very well be “a a lot, a lot safer place.”
This handout {photograph} taken and launched by Turkish International Ministry on Could 16, 2025, reveals Turkey’s International Minister Hakan Fidan (2nd R), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L), Ukraine’s International Minister Andriy Sybiga (L), strolling on the yard of the Turkish Presidential workplace Dolmabahce, in Istanbul, forward their assembly for Ukraine-Russia peace talks.
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“I’ll inform you that the world is a a lot safer place proper now, and I feel in two or three weeks we may have it’s a a lot, a lot safer place,” Trump stated. “We’ll deal with a few conditions that you’ve right here with some very severe conditions. and we’re taking a look at Gaza, and we have got to get that taken care of. Lots of people are ravenous. Lots of people. There’s a number of dangerous issues happening.”
A Ukrainian diplomatic supply in Istanbul has informed ABC Information that “we worth President Trump’s real effort to finish the warfare and cease the killing. Ukraine itself is the nation that desires peace greater than anybody else.”
“We’ll get it completed,” Trump stated of Ukraine negotiations. “5 thousand younger individuals are being killed each single week on common, and we’ll get it completed.”
ABC Information’ Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.
