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Indian Express
2 days ago
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‘Next time in Moscow': Putin spoke last words in English at Alaska summit while inviting Trump to Russia
During the much awaited Alaska summit on Friday, the Russian President Vladimir Putin was speaking through a translator at the joint press conference with US President Donald Trump after concluding a nearly three hours three-on-three meeting. At the conclusion of his speech, Putin said, 'And next time in Moscow,' to a surprise for everyone as it was a rare public usage of English by the Russian leader. In a high-stake summit in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday regarding the Ukraine war, there were several moments when President Putin and Trump exchanged words without interpreters, sparking a parallel debate whether Putin speaks English or not. As Trump welcomed Putin on the red carpet, rolled out by the federal administration for the Russian leader, they joked and later conversed in the back seat president's limousine, dubbed 'The Beast.' 🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President @realDonaldTrump following talks in #Anchorage, Alaska: 💬 President #Putin: Next time in Moscow 💬 @POTUS: I could see it possibly happening#RussiaUSA — MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) August 16, 2025 As Putin concluded his remarks at the joint press conference, he invited Trump to Moscow for another round of discussion and said 'Next time in Moscow.' Trump, and others present were visibly surprised at the Russian president's usage of English and the US president replied, 'Ooh, that's an interesting one.' Putin spoke in Russian for the majority of his speech, except for inviting Trump to Moscow when he switched to English. The summit concluded without a ceasefire deal but Putin also said 'thank you so much' at the end of it in Alaska. Putin, who is a former Russian intelligence officer with the Soviet Union's security service, the KGB, uses translators to avoid the usage of English during diplomatic conversations. However, the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov in 2021 had said Putin, who is fluent in German, speaks good English and 'sometimes even corrects the translators.' Though both the leaders did not take any questions from the press after the completion of their press conference and concluding the Alaska summit, Putin even dodged questions by journalists upon arriving in Alaska by signalling that either he can't hear them or couldn't understand them.
Indian Express
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Trump proposes Vatican as ‘great' venue for Russia-Ukraine talks, Kremlin says ‘no deadline can be set'
US President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that peace talks between Russia and Ukraine could take place in the Vatican, as it would provide added significance to the proceedings. Trump said 'it would be great' for Russia and Ukraine to hold ceasefire talks in the Vatican. Speaking after a two hour call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump proposed the idea for Russia-Ukraine talks to take place in the Vatican since the location could serve as a symbolic and neutral venue. Describing his phone call with President Putin, Trump further said he asked his counterpart 'When are we going to end this, Vladimir?' referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine which started in February 2022. Following the two hour telephonic conversation with Trump, President Putin agreed to work with Ukraine on a memorandum for a potential peace deal and end the hostilities between the two warring countries. Putin said as part of this memorandum, Russia and Ukraine would have to define a possible ceasefire and a timeframe. ⚡️ President of Russia Vladimir Putin's statement to the press following his phone conversation with @realDonaldTrump 💬 Russia supports a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis. We need to identify the most effective ways towards achieving — MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) May 19, 2025 In a statement to press near the Black Sea resort in Sochi, Putin said 'We have agreed with the president of the United States that Russia will propose and is ready to work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum on a possible future peace accord, defining a number of positions.' However, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov later said since the ceasefire memorandum and a unified text for peace is a complex process to reach, hence there can be no fixed deadline for the project. 'There are no deadlines and there cannot be any. It is clear that everyone wants to do this as quickly as possible, but, of course, the devil is in the details,' Peskov said, as reported by RIA state news agency. Peskov added that drafts of the memorandum to finalise a ceasefire and peace in the region would be written by both Russia and Ukraine and then these drafts would be exchanged. Thereafter, a complex negotiation would take place between Moscow and Kyiv to arrive at a unified text for the memorandum.
