Trump backs out of peace meeting

Rebecka Rosengart

Updated 17.31 | Published 15.50

 

Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House earlier in August. Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP

Now comes new information from the American president.

Donald Trump will no longer plan a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to information to The Guardian.

They will have to take care of that themselves, he says.

Donald Trump has said in recent days that he wants to hold a trilateral meeting with the two leaders, Putin and Zelenskyy, but only after they have met in person.

But now sources tell The Guardian that the president will no longer interfere in where or when such a meeting between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine will take place.

According to the sources, he has a "wait-and-see attitude".

He believes that Putin and Zelensky should instead schedule such a meeting themselves.

Putin. Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofyev / AP