MIRIAM NNOLI 
On Wednesday, the 47th President of the United States (US), Donald Trump on Wednesday disclosed that he is expected to meet Russian President, Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks
New Telegraph reports that this is coming after an extraordinary thaw in relations following a surprise phone call between the two leaders.
President Trump had a lengthy and highly productive conversation with his Russian counterpart who ordered the bloody 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
However, the move sparked concerns that Ukraine will be left out of talks on its own fate after Trump said Kyiv’s wish to join NATO was not practical.
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Trump, who has been pushing for a quick end to the nearly three-year war, denied that Ukraine was being excluded from the direct negotiations between the two nuclear-armed superpowers.
“We expect that he’ll come here, and I’ll go there — and we’re going to meet probably in Saudi Arabia for the first time,” Trump told newsmen in the Oval Office about his plans to meet Putin.
The President said he expected it to happen in the not-too-distant future and added that Saudi Crown Prince, Prince Mohammed bin Salman who played a key role in a Russia-US prisoner exchange this week would also be involved.
