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President Donald Trump stated Wednesday thathe was still thinking about whether he would attendUkraine peace negotiations planned for Thursday in Istanbul.
He d like me to be there, and thats a possibility, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
I do not know that he would exist if Im not there.
Were going to discover.
Trump had previously stated that he might go to Istanbul for the talks as part of histrip to the Middle Eastthis week.
On Wednesday, he was taking a trip to Qatar, and his next stop on Thursday will be the United Arab Emirates.
We have an extremely complete situation.
Now, that does not mean I wouldnt do it to conserve a lot of lives and come back, Trump said, according to a swimming pool report from the Washington Post.
Trump kept in mind that U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be at Thursdays talks in Istanbul.Putin originally drifted the conference in an apparent effort to thwart strategies by Western countries to present new sanctions if Moscow did not agree to a 30-day ceasefire on Monday.
In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gotten in touch with the Russian leader to fulfill him in person in Istanbul.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated Wednesday thatMoscow would send out a delegation to Istanbul however did not specify who would be representing Russia.
He also declined to say whether Putin would attend the negotiations.Zelensky has stated that he will only consult with Putin in Istanbul, refusing to take a seat with lower-level Russian officials, such as Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov or Kremlin assistant Yury Ushakov, both of whom will apparently attend Thursdays talks.Reuters contributed reporting.