Trump wants to meet with Putin to discuss ending war in Ukraine

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Finland, 16 July 2018, photo: AP/ ablo Martinez Monsivais

US President Donald Trump has announced his intention to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine.

According to The Guardian, he made the statement at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

«I would really like to meet with President Putin soon to end this war. And this is not from the point of view of economics or anything else. It's from the point of view that millions of lives are being wasted», Trump said.

As a reminder, US President Donald Trump called on Putin to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine, promising to increase sanctions and tariffs against Russia if he does not. Donald Trump said that «does not want to harm Russia» because «loves the Russian people and has always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin».