Peskov was responding to a query on a possible three-way meeting in China next month between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping (Photo: ANI).
Because russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine, asked by reporters whether he would take part in a meeting with the two leaders to discuss Ukraine, Trump said: “I would do it, not so much for Ukraine,. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said she had no information about any such meeting, AFP reported.
He said the complexity of the issues meant negotiations should begin at the earliest, as any such talks were bound to be prolonged. A trilateral meeting between the leaders of Russia, China, and the US would do only the opposite: encourage Putin to continue this war,” he said in a post on X. Asked whether Putin believed a deal was possible without Kyiv at the table, Peskov said it was obvious that Ukraine would have to be part of any final settlement. “Of course, a final settlement is impossible without the participation of someone in Kyiv who is prepared to take responsibility,” he said, as cited by Reuters.
Peskov was responding to a query on a possible three-way meeting in China next month between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Beijing, meanwhile, did not confirm the plan. Ukraine, however, has voiced strong reservations, arguing that a meeting held without its participation would work against efforts to end the war. “A trilateral meeting between the leaders of Ukraine, the US, and Russia could help end the war sooner. The Kremlin, for its part, acknowledged that a final peace agreement could not be reached without Ukraine’s involvement.
Foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on Monday that such a gathering would only embolden Putin to keep up the conflict.