WASHINGTON, August 19. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump held a multilateral meeting on resolving the Ukraine conflict at the White House on Monday. The talks involved Vladimir Zelensky, the leaders of the UK, Germany, Italy, France, and Finland, as well as the chiefs of the European Commission and NATO. The White House hosted such a large number of European leaders for the first time in history. The multilateral event was preceded by a face-to-face meeting between Trump and Zelensky, which lasted about an hour.
In addition, Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin to brief him on the talks. Their conversation lasted around 40 minutes; the two spoke in favor of continuing direct talks between Moscow and Kiev and discussed the possibility of increasing their level, Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov said.
TASS has gathered the key statements made by participants in the White House meeting.
Trump’s position
Trump said after the White House talks that he had begun the arrangements for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky "at a location to be determined." Their meeting is supposed to be followed by trilateral talks involving the US, Russia and Ukraine, Trump added.
