Trump said he might travel to Turkey for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, for what he said could be an agreement for a 30-day cease-fire.
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WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump said he might take a detour during his Mideast trip to visit Turkey for the peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymur Zelenskyy are scheduled to discuss a cease-fire in the three-year-old war on May 15. Trump insisted on the meeting and said he expects a 30-day suspension of hostilities.
“I was thinking of actually flying over there,” Trump told reporters May 12 at the White House. “There’s a possibility of it, I guess, if I think things could happen.”
Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has been a “great host” for the meeting, and that it could also lead to lifting sanctions on Syria after that country’s change in leadership.
“We want to give them a fresh start,” Trump said. “We want to see if we can help them out.”