Mr Trump, who spoke to Mr Putin on the phone last week and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, had hoped for another high-profile session with the Russian leader after their August summit in Alaska failed to advance negotiations. Mr Lavrov said the place and the timing of the next Trump-Putin summit were less important than the substance of implementing the understandings reached in Alaska. In a statement on Tuesday, the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and the EU said they "strongly" supported President Trump's position "that the fighting should stop immediately and that the current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations".
Author: ABC News
Published at: 2025-10-21 21:07:10
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