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Territorial issues, peace plan: What's on table for high-stakes Trump-Zelensky meet
During the meet, Zelensky and Trump will try to reach a peace agreement to stop the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Miami for a high-stakes meeting with US president Donald Trump to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and a potential peace plan. Hours before the meeting, Trump took to Truth Social to share that he also held a "productive" phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
During the meet, both the leaders will try to reach a peace agreement to stop the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Ahead of the meet, Zelensky said that both the leaders will discuss several aspects of the conflict, including the security and economic agreements during their meeting scheduled to ne held at early afternoon on Sunday (local time)/
Zelensky also said that he would raise the "territorial issues” during his meeting with Trump, which has been a major point of contention between Ukraine and Russia amid the ongoing attempts to reach a peace deal which suits both the nations. Currently, Russia and Ukraine do not see eye to eye on the fate of the Donbas region.
“Ukraine is willing to do whatever it takes to stop this war. For us, priority number one – or the only priority – is ending the war," Zelensky said in a post on X Saturday (local time) ahead of his meeting with the US President.
“We need to be strong at the negotiating table,” he wrote, while adding that Russia has demonstrated “a desire to continue the war” with its recent drone attacks on Ukraine.
Trump speaks to Putin
Before meeting Zelensky, the US President said that he had a “good and very productive” call with Russian President Putin.
“I just had a good and very productive telephone call with President Putin of Russia prior to my meeting, at 1:00 P.M. today, with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The meeting will take place in the main dining room of Mar-a-Lago. Press is invited. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Peace plan ‘90% ready’
Ahead of meeting Trump, Zelensky met Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney following which, Canada announced a new assistance package for Ukraine.
The Ukrainian leader also spoke with the United Kingdom Prime Minister Kier Starmer as both the leaders “discussed preparations for the meeting with President Trump" as well as all their “contacts with European partners”, said Zelensky.
Even more meeting Trump, Zelensky has been in constant touch with US representatives to discuss the peace plan which he indicated earlier this week was "90% ready. On Christmas, he spoke with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law discussed “certain substantive details". However, Zelensky added that "the weeks ahead may also be intensive.”
(With inputs from AP)
