Posted on 02/22/2025 9:17:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Moscow is working to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced on Feb. 22.
In remarks he shared with Russian state media, Ryabkov indicated that efforts to arrange the meeting have begun in earnest but will require “the most intensive preparatory work.”
The Russian official said U.S. and Russian envoys could meet “within the next two weeks” to lay the groundwork for the eventual talks between the two leaders.
If Washington and Moscow can arrange for the two leaders to meet, it will mark the first time that a U.S. president and a Russian president met directly since June 2021, when Putin met with then-U.S. President Joe Biden in Geneva, Switzerland.
Such a meeting would also mark the first in-person between the leaders of the United States and Russia since Moscow’s troops marched on Ukraine three years ago.
The Ukraine conflict has strained already contentious U.S.–Russia relations. The United States has been Ukraine’s foremost supporter, providing the most funding for Ukraine-related assistance of any country that has supported Kyiv throughout the conflict.
The Trump administration has sought to pair negotiations for a peace settlement in the Ukraine conflict with a broader effort to improve U.S.–Russia relations.
A U.S. delegation comprised of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, and special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff met with a Russian delegation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 18 as part of the ongoing Trump administration efforts to reestablish regular dialogue with Moscow.
Following the Riyadh meeting, Rubio announced both delegations had agreed to appoint high-level teams to work together to settle the Ukraine conflict. Rubio also said the two delegations agreed to establish a mechanism to address strains in U.S.–Russia relations and lay the groundwork for possible future cooperation between the two countries on areas of shared geopolitical and economic interests.
In his remarks to the press after the Riyadh meeting, Rubio said cooperation between the United States and Russia on geopolitical and economic issues would be contingent on a successful and enduring peace settlement in the Ukraine conflict.
In a Feb. 20 interview, journalist Catherine Herridge asked Rubio what the potential timeline is for a sit-down meeting between Trump and Putin. Rubio responded:
“There isn’t going to be a meeting until we know what the meeting is going to be about.
“I think when that meeting happens will largely depend on whether we can make any progress on ending the war in Ukraine, and if we can, and that meeting is what seals the deal.”
While the Trump administration has tried to open up lines of communication with Moscow, it has also had to contend with frustration from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump and Zelenskyy traded barbs this week, with Trump calling Zelenskyy a dictator and Zelenskyy accusing Trump of being swayed by Russian disinformation.
At a White House press availability on Feb. 21, Trump faced questions about his comment that Zelenskyy was a dictator and whether he should apply the same label against Putin. Trump didn’t directly answer the question but instead said Putin and Zelenskyy should eventually engage with one another more directly as part of the effort to reach a peace settlement.
“I think that President Putin and President Zelenskyy are going to have to get together because, you know what, we want to stop killing millions of people,” Trump said.
Twice during his remarks on Friday, Trump denied reports that he plans to travel to Moscow to meet with Putin on May 9.
Timeliness and alacrity. Can i add those to our prayer?
Keep praying friends 🙏🙏🙏
Hopefully an end to this massive slaughter of humanity
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Amen.
Two weeks seems quite too short a time to work out all these complicated matters before there is a summit. This will surely be more “meet and greet” with limited, modest agreements announced rather than a summit with announcements of comprehensive resolutions to very thorny problems.
I think they should hold the meeting in NYC atop a famous hotel. It can be called “Putin on the Ritz.”
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I think it should be held at Mar-a-Lago.
Secure that night club.
Hold it at Alcatraz.
What a filthy rotten thing the Ukraine War is let us pray for President Trump as takes that and other issues on.
The Ukraine War and other matters in the blog post that I put up a few minutes ago before it got taken down...
https://nextrushfree.blogspot.com/2025/02/nextrush-unplugged-weekendusaid-funded.html
One of the best jokes for off the cuff humor!!
The entertainment venue has already been prepared:
https://youtube.com/shorts/R41MToxFRLo?feature=shared
Amen. Prayer is EFFECTIVE and POWERFUL!
Aligned prayer among two or (many) more is SUPER EFFECTIVE.
Blessings, SaveFerris!
Amen!!!
God bless you my brother in Jesus Christ!!!
Trump will forgo providing weapons to Ukraine for a 20% cut of Russia’s gas exports.
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