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- Japan Times
Trump says no summit deal with Putin over Ukraine war, but calls talks 'very productive'
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin did not reach an agreement to resolve Moscow's war in Ukraine after a nearly three-hour summit in Alaska, though he characterized the meeting as "very productive." "There were many, many points that we agreed on," Trump said at a joint news conference with Putin. "I would say a couple of big ones that we haven't quite got there, but we've made some headway. So there's no deal until there's a deal." Trump and Putin each spoke for a few minutes to reporters and took no questions. It was not clear whether the talks had produced meaningful steps toward a ceasefire in the deadliest conflict in Europe in 80 years, a goal that Trump had set at the outset. In brief remarks, Putin spoke of an "understanding" reached with Trump, which he said could bring peace in Ukraine, without giving any details. "We hope that the understanding we have reached will ... pave the way for peace in Ukraine," he said, adding that he expected Ukraine and its European allies to accept the results of the U.S.-Russia negotiation, warning them not to "torpedo" the progress toward a resolution. Putin also said that his next meeting with Trump could take place in Moscow. "Next time in Moscow," Putin said in English, responding to Trump at the conclusion of their news conference. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin meet during a U.S.-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday. | Sputnik / POOL / VIA AFP-JIJI Trump and Putin, along with top foreign-policy aides, conferred in a room at an Air Force base in Anchorage, Alaska in their first meeting since 2019. A blue backdrop behind them had the words "Pursuing Peace" printed on it. Trump's publicly stated aim for the talks was to secure a halt to the fighting and a commitment by Putin to meet swiftly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to negotiate an end to the war, which began when Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022. Zelenskyy, who was not invited to the summit, and his European allies had feared Trump might sell out Ukraine by essentially freezing the conflict and recognizing — if only informally — Russian control over one-fifth of Ukraine. Trump sought to assuage such concerns as he boarded Air Force One, saying he would let Ukraine decide on any possible territorial concessions. "I'm not here to negotiate for Ukraine, I'm here to get them at a table," he said. Asked what would make the meeting a success, he told reporters: "I want to see a ceasefire rapidly. ... I'm not going to be happy if it's not today. ... I want the killing to stop." Zelenskyy has ruled out formally handing Moscow any territory and is also seeking a security guarantee backed by the United States. Trump said he would call Zelenskyy and NATO leaders to update them on the talks with Putin. Onceon the ground in Alaska, Trump greeted Putin on a red carpet on the base's tarmac. The two shook hands warmly and touched each other on the arm before riding in Trump's limo to the summit site nearby. Trump hopes a truce in the 3-½-year-old war that Putin started will bring peace to the region as well as bolster his credentials as a global peacemaker worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. For Putin, the summit is already a big win that he can portray as evidence that years of Western attempts to isolate Russia have unraveled and that Moscow is retaking its rightful place at the high table of international diplomacy. Russian leader Vladimir Putin shares a laugh with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Beast, as the U.S. president's armored limousine is known, ahead of a high-stakes summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday in this image taken from video. | Pool / via REUTERS Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court, accused of the war crime of deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. Russia denies the allegations, and the Kremlin has dismissed the ICC warrant as null and void. Russia and the United States are not members of the court. Both Moscow and Kyiv deny targeting civilians in the war. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority Ukrainian. A conservative estimate of dead and injured in the war in Ukraine — from both sides combined — totals 1.2 million people, Trump's envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said three months ago. The meeting also included U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Trump's special envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff; Russian foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov; and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Trump, who once said he would end Russia's war in Ukraine within 24 hours, conceded on Thursday it had proven a tougher task than he had expected. He said if Friday's talks went well, quickly arranging a second, three-way summit with Zelenskyy would be more important than his encounter with Putin. Zelenskyy said Friday's summit should open the way for a "just peace" and three-way talks that included him, but added that Russia was continuing to wage war. A Russian ballistic missile earlier struck Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, killing one person and wounding another. "It's time to end the war, and the necessary steps must be taken by Russia. We are counting on America," Zelenskyy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Japan Times
3 hours ago
- Japan Times
Putin and Trump discuss fate of Ukraine as summit gets underway
Discussions between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin stretched into a second hour at a summit in Alaska, as the American leader pushes to secure an end to the war in Ukraine. Reporters were ushered into a room at the start of the formal talks, but the two leaders did not take any questions. Alongside Trump were U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff, while Putin was joined by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov. A prior summit between the two leaders in Helsinki in 2018 lasted roughly two hours. A joint news conference with Trump and Putin is planned to take place after their meeting. Friday's summit, being held at a military facility — Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson — opened with a highly-choreographed spectacle that saw the U.S. president greet Putin on American soil for their first face-to-face encounter of Trump's second term. The two leaders disembarked from their planes, walking across the tarmac to red carpets in a scripted opening. Trump clapped as he watched Putin approach and then greeted him with a warm handshake and pat on the arm. The two leaders paused for a moment to watch a flyover and the U.S. president was seen putting his hand on the Russian leader's back as they walked down a set of steps. Trump and Putin appeared to be engaged in friendly conversation as they entered the Beast, as the U.S. president's armored limousine is known, and departed. The Russian leader was seen laughing in the vehicle as he began a visit that marked his first invitation to the U.S. in nearly a decade. The haphazard nature of the quickly arranged meeting — only announced last week — was apparent from the start. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that a previously planned one-on-one meeting between Trump and Putin would be a three-on-three session with aides participating. Still, the ride in the presidential vehicle to the summit site allowed Putin time to speak directly to Trump without aides present, giving him valuable one-on-one time with the U.S. leader. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin meet during a U.S.-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday. | Sputnik / POOL / VIA AFP-JIJI The summit is laden with peril for Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to quickly end Europe's deadliest war in decades — but also opportunity for a president who has repeatedly cast himself as the only leader who can deliver peace. The president has downplayed expectations for the summit, claiming that he envisions it as a "feel-out' discussion laying the groundwork for a second more important meeting that could include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and potentially European allies and where Moscow and Kyiv could "make a deal.' And he's sought to dispel anxiety in European capitals that he may concede too much to Putin or strike a deal that involves exchanging territory or Ukraine ceding land without the input of Kyiv. In an interview earlier Friday with Fox News' Bret Baier aboard Air Force One, Trump insisted he would "walk away' if the talks with Putin did not go well. The U.S. president also told reporters that he may provide security guarantees to Ukraine "along with Europe and other countries,' but added "not in the form of NATO.' Trump has long said that Ukraine may need to agree to swap land with Russia, but said it was not his decision to make. "I've got to let Ukraine make that decision,' Trump said of land swaps. "I'm not here to negotiate for Ukraine. I'm here to get them at the table.' For Putin, the visit has already delivered a win. An international pariah since he launched the full-scale invasion of his neighbor in 2022, Putin is being welcomed on U.S. soil without having made any concessions, giving him his best chance to reset ties between Washington and Moscow in recent years. The Russian president has had little incentive to stop the fighting, confident that his military holds a dominant position on the battlefield as it slowly advances in a brutal, grinding war. Russian leader Vladimir Putin shares a laugh with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Beast, as the U.S. president's armored limousine is known, ahead of a high-stakes summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday in this image taken from video. | Pool / via REUTERS Putin launched a full-court charm offensive ahead of the summit, praising the U.S. leader for "energetic and sincere efforts' to stop the war and floating the prospect of renewed economic cooperation and a new arms control treaty, playing to Trump who regularly casts himself as a peacemaker and dealmaker. Putin's entourage is expected to include finance ministers. The Russian president has been eager to divide the U.S. from Europe and seek sanctions relief for an economy at home that may be on the verge of slipping into a recession. "I noticed he's bringing a lot of business people from Russia, and that's good. I like that because they want to do business,' Trump told reporters on Air Force One. "But they're not doing business until we get the war settled.' Trump's team is set to also include Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Still, the risk for Ukraine and others in Europe is that Putin makes a sales pitch Trump finds hard to dismiss, or shifts the attention from Ukraine to improving U.S.-Russia economic ties. Another potential challenge would be if Putin extends an invitation for Trump to meet with him in Russia, placing Zelenskyy and other allies with the difficult choice of being sidelined or rewarding the Kremlin by traveling there. The last summit between the two leaders — a 2018 meeting in Helsinki — has cast a shadow over Friday's gathering and highlighted what has been at times an imbalanced relationship. At that time the two leaders spent time alone without aides. At the news conference wrapping up that summit, Trump publicly sided with Putin over his own intelligence officials, drawing bipartisan condemnation for saying he believed the Russian leader's assurances that Moscow had not meddled in the 2016 U.S. election.
Japan Times
10 hours ago
- Japan Times
Air Canada and union deadlocked despite government plea for deal to avert Saturday strike
Air Canada and its unionized flight attendants remained at odds on Friday, despite government pleas for both sides to return to bargaining to avert a strike that would upend travel for tens of thousands of passengers. Canada's largest carrier has said it expects to cancel 500 flights by the end of the day, ahead of the planned Saturday strike, leaving some 100,000 passengers scrambling for alternatives. Flightradar data showed Air Canada had canceled 30 flights as of Friday morning in Montreal. The carrier's 10,000 flight attendants are gearing up to strike just before 1 a.m. Montreal time on Saturday over stalled contract talks on union demands for higher wages and compensation for unpaid work. A strike would hit Canada's tourism sector during the height of the summer travel season and test the ruling Liberal government under Prime Minister Mark Carney, which has been asked by the carrier to intervene and impose arbitration. Air Canada and its low-cost affiliate Air Canada Rouge normally carry about 130,000 customers a day. Air Canada is also the non-U.S. carrier with the largest number of flights to the U.S., despite recent cutbacks in travel there from Canada due to trade tensions. The airline flies to Narita and Haneda airports in the Tokyo area and Kansai International Airport in Osaka. Air Canada, which has also given notice that it will lock out its flight attendants, has ceased negotiating, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the cabin crew. Canadian Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu has repeatedly urged both parties to negotiate. Air Canada's chief human resources officer, Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, said on Thursday the carrier was "available to bargain at any time on the condition that the negotiation has substance." On Thursday night, Air Canada and the union clashed over an agreement to avoid stranding thousands of passengers abroad when the strike is expected to begin on Saturday. The deal would have delayed the walkout for cabin crew who were away from their home base, until they returned with their passengers on Saturday. Air Canada said on X that an additional 25,000 passengers would be stranded after the union rejected that deal, adding that double the usual number of flight attendants did not report for work on Thursday night. But in a bulletin to members, the union said it supports the deal, which failed because Air Canada said it would not honor its members' collective agreements when they fly back on Saturday with their passengers. The flight attendants' contract ceases to apply when the strike begins on Saturday, the union said. The dispute hinges on the way airlines compensate flight attendants. Most have traditionally paid them only when planes are in motion. But in their latest contract negotiations, flight attendants in North America have sought compensation for hours worked, including for tasks such as boarding passengers and waiting around the airport before and between flights.
