Zelansky urged Trump to participate in peace talks, but Putin’s plan is still not clear

ISTANBUL: Ukraine President Volodimir Zelanski appealed to US President Trump to meet him for peace talks this week, saying that it would pressurize Russian President Vladimir Putin to participate, but he suspected Putin’s talk or desire for peace.Kremlin on Tuesday refused to say whether Putin would visit a meeting in Turki, where peace talks are set on Thursday in Istanbul. “As soon as the President sees it fit, we will declare” the delegation’s makeup, Kremlin spokesperson, Dimitri’s Peskov said.Zelansky said about Trump, “If he confirmed his participation, I think it would push Putin an additional push to arrive.” Trump said on Tuesday that he would send state secretary Marco Rubio to Istanbul and he has also offered to participate. Trump has also sent senior messengers Steve Witcoff and Keith Kelog, which are three sources familiar with the schemes.Dialogue as Russia, Ukraine and America has raised the increasing importance and weighs each other every time by weighed and weighing each other. Over the weekend, Putin called for a direct conversation with Ukraine, while ignoring the demands by Kiev and her colleagues to agree to the immediate ceasefire by Monday or to face further sanctions. Trump publicly encouraged Zelancesi to accept the conversation offer, but the Ukrainian President proceeded one step on Monday, saying he would travel to Turkey for a face-to-face meeting and challenge Putin to do so. On Tuesday, talking to reporters at Kiev, Zelansky said he and the Turki President Recep Taip Erdogan would wait for Putin in Turkish capital Ankara, but will also be ready to travel to any city.He said, “If Putin is really ready, then not only in the media but in real life, to meet, at the level of leaders, we will do everything to agree on a ceasefire,” he said. “Because it is with him that I should interact on a ceasefire. He is the only one that decides.” The Ukrainian President’s Chief of Staff Andrey Yarmak said on Tuesday that Trump had clarified that he hopes to appear to both Zelansky and Putin “to be present in Turkey. (This is a Reuters Story)