There was a telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After the conversation, Trump said that he and Putin had agreed to start negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The US President also said that he would meet Putin personally. The meeting will be held in another country instead of Russia and America. And this place is Saudi Arabia.
Travel to Saudi Arabia
Donald Trump said that he would meet Putin in Saudi Arabia, whose date has not been decided yet. There is no official response from Moscow to Trump’s statement yet. But the big question is why the meeting between Trump and Putin can only be held in Saudi Arabia. Neither Moscow, nor Washington… Why can Trump-Putin meet only in this Muslim country? Trump said that he would meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the first time in Saudi Arabia. Trump has not announced the date of his meeting with Putin. He said that we will meet many times in the coming days. They will come here and we will go there. The President also said that the two leaders know Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and this is the right place for our meeting. However, there is no response from Moscow to Trump’s statement.
Why is this meeting being held only in Saudi Arabia?
Moscow considered Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as a possible place for the meeting between the two leaders. In early February, the news was given by quoting two Russian sources. Russian officials visited both countries. At that time, neither Kremlin, nor Riyadh nor Abu Dhabi commented on the report. According to sources, it was opposed in Russia, as some diplomats and intelligence officials pointed to close military and security relations with both the state and the UAE. Both Trump and Putin have developed friendly relations with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
