{"id":27498,"date":"2025-02-13T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=27498"},"modified":"2025-02-13T17:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:45:06","slug":"trump-says-he-and-putin-agree-to-begin-negotiations-on-ending-war-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/trump-says-he-and-putin-agree-to-begin-negotiations-on-ending-war-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he and Putin agree to begin negotiations on ending war in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had a \u201clengthy and highly productive\u201d phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which they agreed to \u201cstart negotiations\u201d toward ending Russia\u2019s war with Ukraine. The two leaders also agreed to meet in person, Trump said in a post on February 12, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the Russian leader’s first conversation with a sitting U.S. president since February 2022, when Putin spoke with Joe Biden before sending troops into Ukraine. Trump and Putin spoke for nearly 90 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Ukraine, Trump said he and Putin \u201cagreed to work together<\/a>, very closely, including visiting each other\u2019s Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump added: \u201cWe both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with Russia\/Ukraine … No more lives should be lost!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote that he had a \u201clengthy and highly productive phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia,\u201d in which they \u201cdiscussed Ukraine, the Middle East, Energy, Artificial Intelligence, the power of the Dollar, and various other subjects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the development, saying, \u201cIt was a very long phone call, it lasted almost an hour and a half,\u201d he added. Kremlin readout said that Putin \u201cmentioned the need to eliminate the root causes of the conflict and agreed with Trump that a long-term settlement could be achieved through peaceful negotiations\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. (Image Credit: Kremlin)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Trump had been signaling his intent to engage with Putin to resolve the Ukraine conflict. He also announced that he had tasked U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Trump holds separate talks with Zelenskyy<\/strong> after Putin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump also spoke with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy shortly after getting off the phone with Putin. The phone call lasted for about an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump said that his conversation with Zelenskyy \u201cwent very well<\/a>,\u201d and that \u201che, like President Putin, wants to make peace.\u201d Trump said that Zelenskyy would meet on Friday with the U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am hopeful that the results of that meeting will be positive. It is time to stop this ridiculous War, where there has been massive, and totally unnecessary, death and destruction,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenskyy mentioned in a post on X that he and Trump talked “about opportunities to achieve peace, discussed our readiness to work together at the team level and Ukraine\u2019s technological capabilities. \u201cTogether with the US, we are charting our next steps to stop Russian aggression and ensure a lasting, reliable peace. As President Trump said, let\u2019s get it done,\u201d Zelenskyy continued. \u201cNo one wants peace more than Ukraine,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenskyy also mentioned his discussions with US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent on the \u201cpreparation of a new document on security, economic cooperation, and resource partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a meaningful conversation with @POTUS<\/a>. We long talked about opportunities to achieve peace, discussed our readiness to work together at the team level, and Ukraine\u2019s technological capabilities\u2014including drones and other advanced industries. I am grateful to President Trump\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/2SIOTX3jEp<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) February 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>