Putin's Press Secretary Says Putin-Trump-Zelensky Meeting Possible Only to Formalize Complex Peace Agreements

MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump, and Vladimir Zelensky can be organized only to commit to paper agreements that will not be a "simple deal," Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

"There have been calls for organizing a Putin-Trump-Zelensky summit for quite some time now, and you are well aware of our head of state’s position: such a meeting is only possible for the purpose of formalizing agreements. And these agreements are by no means a simple deal, they represent a highly complex peace-making process involving a vast number of details," he told reporters.

He stressed that it would be pointless for the presidents to meet to discuss these details. "They can meet only to finalize the agreements," he said, adding that the Ukrainian side is reluctant to engage in settling the conflict.

The Axios portal reported earlier that during his visit to Moscow this week, CIA Director John Ratcliffe suggested holding a trilateral meeting between the leaders of Russia, the US, and Ukraine.

The CIA director visited Moscow on August 25. Peskov noted that Ratcliffe’s trip was related to contacts between the two countries' intelligence services. Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin confirmed that he had met with the CIA director while he was in Moscow.