The highly anticipated call between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin centered on a ceasefire in Ukraine, media reports from both countries, Euroneus reported.
The White House said Tuesday.
The US president said on Monday that there are “many artifacts” to be agreed to with Putin during the conversation, and is expected to revolve around Moscow accepting the deal presented in the United States.
“Many elements of the final agreement have been agreed, but many remains remain,” Trump said.
Trump confirmed on his true social platform that he and Putin will talk about the proposal for a 30-day interim moratorium in the fight in the region.
The Trump administration is generally optimistic that it can secure Russian support for the ceasefire agreement that Ukraine has already agreed to.
“We’ll see if we can create a peace deal, a ceasefire, a peace, and we think we can,” Trump told reporters Monday.
Earlier on Monday, the US president said Washington and Moscow were already discussing “dividing certain assets” between Russia and Ukraine as part of the land, power plants and contracts.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkov and White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt proposed that US and Russian officials discussed the fate of the Zaporidia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
“There was a power plant on the Russian-Ukrainian border and we were having discussions with Ukrainians. He will deal with it tomorrow with a call with Putin,” Levitt said Monday.
The power plant has been trapped in the heart of the Crossfire since Moscow was seized shortly afterwards. An alarm that it could be causing alarms from international organizations that could fight over Europe’s largest nuclear power plant could lead to a potential nuclear disaster.
In a speech by Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelenki, President Putin accused him of intentionally extending the war.
“The implementation of this proposal may have started a long time ago. Every day during the war is a matter of human life,” Zelenskyy said.
Putin agreed to the “idea” of a ceasefire last week, but said there were unanswered questions, including the fate of Ukrainian soldiers that Moscow needs to discuss before he supports the proposal.
He also questioned how potential ceasefires could be monitored, and eliminated the idea of deploying NATO peacekeeping forces to ensure peace.
It is unclear how much debate has progressed with Witkov, who traveled to Moscow to meet with Putin last week, about his advance to the ceasefire contract.
“I really hope that we will make some progress here,” Witkov said. He suggested that “four regions” are extremely important for the discussion.
The UK and France are encouraging Putin to agree to the deal. French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Zelensky demonstrated the “courage” to accept the deal, and declared “it depends on Russia to prove that it truly wants peace.”
British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer said on Saturday that if Putin was “serious” about peace, Putin should agree to a ceasefire.
“Sooner or later Putin feels that sooner or later he has to come to the table and engage in a serious discussion,” Hoshi said.
MNA