A Russian negotiator, who was present at the Kremlin during the visit of Myanmar’s Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing, stated that there are no plans or even preliminary discussions regarding a potential meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The negotiator, speaking to Andrey Kolesnikov, a journalist from Kommersant’s Kremlin press pool, emphasized that the Russian side has no understanding of when such a meeting could take place.
“There are no indications at all as to when we might go. We have absolutely no idea!” Kolesnikov quoted the unnamed Russian negotiator as saying. According to the source, while a meeting between the two leaders is likely to happen eventually, it is certainly not expected in the near future.
Kolesnikov did not specify whom he spoke with. However, as reported by Agentstvo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov were present at the meeting with Myanmar’s Prime Minister, as confirmed by the Kremlin’s official website.
Speculation about an imminent meeting between the Russian and U.S. presidents emerged following a phone conversation between Putin and Trump in February. In mid-February, Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported that a meeting between the two leaders could take place by the end of the month. Following a verbal exchange between Vladimir Zelensky and Trump at the White House on February 28, CNN reported that preparations for a Putin-Trump meeting were expected to be expedited.
