US President Donald Trump said he is confident that Russia will agree to a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine.
“They will“, he said in response to a question from journalists at the White House.
Trump stressed that many elements of the final agreement on Ukraine have already been agreed, but much remains to be done.
"On Tuesday, I will speak with President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine. Many elements of the final agreement have been agreed upon, but much remains to be done," he wrote on the social network Truth Social.
“I am really looking forward to my phone call with President Putin“, Trump concluded.
On March 11, negotiations between the US and Ukrainian delegations took place in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). After these talks, a joint statement was published by the parties, according to which Ukraine is ready to accept the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, and Washington declared its readiness to immediately lift the freeze on the provision of intelligence information and military assistance to Kiev.
The US administration expects to receive more information after the phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with Fox News radio.
“Ambassador Stephen Witkoff met with Putin in person last week. It was a productive meeting. "It wasn't a waste of time, he came back with some information, but we'll know more on Tuesday after the president talks to Putin," he said.