US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will honor any peace deal made with Ukraine, which Moscow invaded three years ago read more
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will honor any peace deal made with Ukraine, which Moscow invaded three years ago.
The Kremlin leader will “keep his word,” AFP quoted Trump as saying in the White House during talks with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Earlier, Trump greeted Starmer amicably as the UK Prime Minister arrived at the White House in a Black Escalade shortly after midday.
The two smiled, exchanged handshakes and clapped each other on the back before turning to reporters.
Trump said it is a “great honour” to have Starmer in the oval office.
“It’s a special place, and he’s a special man,” said Trump.
When a reporter asked if President Trump could get a peace deal done in Ukraine, Trump replied, “Yes, we can, we will.”
While Starmer didn’t respond to a question as to whether he would get a “backstop”, meaning security guarantees from the US for Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, Trump claimed that his planned deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on minerals would effectively be a security “backstop”.
“President Zelenskyy is coming to see me on Friday morning. And we’re going be signing really a very important agreement for both sides because it’s really going to get us into that country, working there,” The Guardian quoted Trump as saying.
He added it was
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