Exact coordinates out! When and where will Trump and Putin meet in Alaska, and what it means

Economic Times

a day ago

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Anchorage, Alaska. They will discuss the Ukraine war. The meeting will happen at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Volodymyr Zelensky will not be present. This marks their first meeting since 2018. Trump faces pressure to achieve progress towards ending the conflict. He has long claimed he could broker peace quickly.
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It's finally been confirmed that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet. People who work at the White House have said that the two leaders will meet in Anchorage, Alaska. This will be the most public meeting between the US and Russia in years. The choice of venue has raised eyebrows in Washington and around the world, especially since the Ukraine conflict is at the center of the talks.On Friday, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to talk about the war in Ukraine. Apparently, Putin and the US president haven't met since 2018, as per a report by the Daily Beast.The U.S. military site, which two White House sources told CNN was chosen, is home to an Army fort and an Air Force facility that combined in 2010. Trump stated twice on Monday that the summit would take place there rather than in Russia, as per a report by the Daily Beast.Despite the White House's disapproval of the images of welcoming Putin to a U.S. military post, organizers claimed that the location, in the most populated city in Alaska, was the only viable choice (CNN).It was reported last week that the Trump administration was considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the summit as well. However, Zelensky will not be present at Tuesday's news briefing, according to news Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who earlier Tuesday declared that Anchorage would host the summit without mentioning the location, as per a report by the Daily Beast.In reaction to those claims, Zelensky commented on social media last week: "Ukraine is not afraid of meetings and expects the same brave approach from the Russian side." We need to put an end to the war. I appreciate everyone's assistance, as per a report by the Daily Beast.Since 2021, when he met Joe Biden in Geneva, a year before he invaded Ukraine, the Alaska summit will be the first time Putin has met with a U.S. president in person.The two leaders met several times during Trump's first term, but the most memorable meeting was in Helsinki in 2018. Trump's public support for Putin's claim that Russia did not interfere in the US elections over the findings of his own intelligence agencies caused a lot of controversy.Donald Trump is under pressure to make real progress toward ending the war this time when he goes to the meeting. He has said for a long time that he could make peace happen "on day one" of his presidency, or even sooner. Last month, he set a new deadline for Putin to agree to a ceasefire, but that date came and went without an agreement.At Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.Volodymyr Zelensky will not attend the meeting.