'Bring Us Closer To Decisions': Russian President Putin After Meeting With Trump

Moscow: Speaking about his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said he discussed ways of ending the conflict in Ukraine "on a fair basis."

Speaking to top officials in Moscow, a day after the talks in Alaska, Putin described the talks as "timely" and "very useful".

"We have not had direct negotiations of this kind at this level for a long time," he said, adding: "We had the opportunity to calmly and in detail reiterate our position," he was qouted saying by news agency AFP.

"The conversation was very frank, substantive, and, in my opinion, brings us closer to the necessary decisions," he added.

Zelenskyy To Meet Trump On Monday

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to visit President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss ending the conflict. Zelenskyy has called for a "lasting" peace.

Trump's Statement After The Meeting

After the closed-door meeting, which lasted over three hours, Trump and Putin held a joint press conference. Speaking about the meeting Trump said: "We had a very productive meeting, and there were many points that we agreed on. A couple of big ones that we haven't quite gotten there, but we made some headway."

"There's no deal until there's a deal, so I will call up NATO in a little while, and I will call up the various people that are appropriate. I'll, of course, call President Zelenskyy and tell him about today's meeting... We made some great progress today... We'll probably speak to you soon and hopefully see you again very soon," Trump added.

India Welcomes Trump-Putin Summit In Alaska

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday welcomed Trump- Putin meeting. India described their leadership in the pursuit of peace as “highly commendable.”