A high-level meeting involving Russia, the United States, and Ukraine has been confirmed. This was reported by Zamin.uz.
However, it is not yet clear whether a separate face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will take place. This was revealed by former US President Donald Trump in an interview with the Daily Caller publication.
According to Trump, a trilateral meeting will take place. He stated that he does not have information about a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelensky.
Thus, the summit format is planned to be held as a general discussion involving Washington, Moscow, and Kyiv, but the issue of direct dialogue between the two presidents remains open. Earlier, Trump said that preparations for a meeting between Zelensky and Putin had begun following the summit held in Alaska on August 15.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also commented on this, emphasizing that Putin is ready for the meeting but that the topics to be discussed need to be thoroughly prepared in advance. Ukrainian President Zelensky has stated Kyiv's readiness for negotiations and openly expressed his preference for the trilateral format involving Trump.
In his view, this format adds additional confidence and guarantees to the process. At the same time, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on August 28 that there will be no separate meeting between Putin and Zelensky.
This indicates that, for now, the main focus in the diplomatic process is on the trilateral format. In summary, preparations for the trilateral summit are ongoing, but the issue of a direct meeting between Putin and Zelensky has not been resolved.
Trump wants it to take place, Lavrov believes the content needs to be prepared, Zelensky supports the trilateral format, and the German Chancellor has stated there will be no bilateral meeting. This balance is expected to be clarified in the coming days.
