Sources: US proposal for a trilateral summit between Trump, Putin, and Zelensky
Sources: US proposal for a trilateral summit between Trump, Putin, and Zelensky
2026-08-30
Shafaq News – Washington
The American website Axios quoted informed sources as saying that the Director of the American Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe, raised the idea of holding a trilateral summit bringing together US President Donald Trump, and Russian and Ukrainian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky during his recent visit to Moscow.
According to the website, Ratcliffe’s visit to the Russian capital was aimed at exploring whether the heads of the Russian intelligence services could persuade Putin to resume the Washington-mediated negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv.
For his part, Trump stated that the CIA director’s visit was “a routine procedure,” and denied that its purpose was to warn Russia against launching any attacks on NATO territory.
In contrast, the Axios report indicated a state of suspicion prevailing on the Ukrainian side regarding Moscow’s intentions, as Kyiv asserts that it possesses intelligence information indicating plans that Putin intends to implement to significantly escalate military operations.
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