INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
May.The White House announced this week that Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates between May 13 and 16
The Kremlin has previously said Putin does not plan to meet the American president during the Saudi Arabia visit.Asked by reporters whether
he plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky in Rome, where a funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, the U.S
repeatedly expressing his desire for an in-person meeting with Putin.The two leaders have spoken by phone at least twice since February,
though they have yet to meet in person
Top officials from both countries have held multiple talks in Saudi Arabia in recent months.Trump has pushed for a ceasefire between Russia
and Ukraine but has made little headway despite ongoing diplomatic efforts.Just hours before Russian forces launched a deadly missile strike
on Kyiv early Thursday, Trump said he believed Moscow had agreed to its side of a U.S.-brokered peace deal.Meanwhile, the U.S
the Ukrainian leader was endangering peace talks.
