Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are expected to meet in the coming days, though he could not yet confirm the summit's location or duration.
"At the initiative of the American side, an agreement has essentially been reached to hold a high-level bilateral meeting in the coming days, meaning a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump," Ushakov said in a televised interview. "We are now beginning concrete preparations together with our American counterparts," he added.
Ushakov declined to specify where the summit would be held and said it was too early to determine how long it would last. His comments followed a phone call Wednesday night between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
That same day, special envoy Steve Witkoff held a meeting in Russia. In connection with the visit, the deputy chair of the upper house of the Russian parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee said Witkoff was warmly received, noting his "openness and realistic approach." A White House official also commented that the meeting "went well," according to the official.
