Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to meet with US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin “without any conditions”, but he still does not want this to happen in Moscow.
“I am ready to meet with Trump and Putin in a trilateral or bilateral format. "I am ready to meet without any conditions," Zelensky said in an interview with Sky News.
He reiterated that he was not ready to travel to Moscow for such a meeting, noting that the talks could take place elsewhere and that there were many proposals from the Americans and Europeans.
At a press conference after his visit to China in early September, Putin said he was ready to invite Zelensky to Moscow if he was ready to meet. However, Zelensky rejected the offer during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. Later, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum, the Russian president called Moscow the best place for a possible meeting with Zelensky, noting that Russia was ready to guarantee his safety and that of Kiev's representatives if they decided to attend.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS that "until the Kiev regime reacts sensibly to Russia's proposals," it was too early to discuss the possibility of holding a summit in the format of a trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine and the United States.