Kremlin: No meeting planned between Putin and Trump before New Year

(Patria) - A meeting between the Presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, before the New Year is not being considered, as it requires appropriate preparations, said the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov, TASS reported last night.

"It is not being discussed at the moment. A meeting needs to be prepared and it must yield results. In order to yield results, work must first be done at the expert level, and that is already underway," Peskov told Russian Channel One.

He added that at this moment, Moscow has no information about the outcome of the talks between Washington and Kyiv in Florida.

"When we get this information, we will understand what needs to be done and how we should proceed," Peskov said.

The spokesperson added that the outcome of the talks will determine Russia's next steps, including the possibility of a potential meeting between Putin and Trump by the end of the year.
Three-day talks between the United States and Ukraine concluded on Saturday in Florida, after which Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spoke by phone with Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to the Axios portal, the United States is trying to find a new approach to resolving territorial issues.