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Putin says UAE could host Trump summit

Published: 06:08 PM,Aug 07,2025 | EDITED : 10:08 PM,Aug 07,2025

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Kremlin in Moscow. — AFP
 
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Kremlin in Moscow. — AFP

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Thursday that a summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Ukraine was set for the “coming days” as US-led efforts to broker peace rumble on.
The Russian president named the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a potential location for the summit with Trump, but essentially ruled out a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Trump-Putin summit would be the first between sitting US and Russian presidents since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021. It comes as the Republican seeks an end to Russia’s military assault on Ukraine.
Three rounds of direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv have failed to yield any progress towards a ceasefire. The two sides appear as far apart as ever in the conditions they have set for an end to the more than three-year-long conflict.
Trump said on Wednesday that he was likely to meet Putin face-to-face ‘very soon’. — AFP