US President Donald Trump said he believes Russian leader Vladimir Putin is more interested in an agreement to end the war in Ukraine than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He also called on the leaders of the two countries to meet and reach a deal. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The US president's statements were published by Clash Report.
"I think Putin wants to make a deal, and we have to get Zelensky to want to make that deal," Trump said.
The US president repeated that he considers Moscow more interested in an agreement.
"I think actually Putin wants to make a deal more than Zelensky," he said.
Trump also expressed the view that both leaders want to reach an agreement but do not know how to do it. According to him, the United States intends to help them reach a deal.
"Putin and Zelensky want to make a deal, but they don't know how. But we will get them to make a deal," the US president said.
Trump did not specify concrete terms of a possible agreement or a date for a meeting in the statements cited.