Russia assessed the results of the meeting between Trump and Zelensky

The negotiations at the White House on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine were held in a manner beneficial to US President Donald Trump. Alexey Naumov, a political scientist and Americanist, an expert at the Russian Council on International Affairs (RIAC), said this on Tuesday, August 19.

According to him, communicating with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, the American leader completely dictated the agenda of the negotiations. Representatives of the European Union (EU) also failed to force him to retreat from his own positions, Naumov noted.

"The balance of power was completely incomparable. The European Union is obviously in a subordinate, humiliated position. There is nothing to say about Ukraine in this regard," the political scientist said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

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Earlier in the day, Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky would make the final decision on the settlement at the talks. 360.ru . The American politician stated that he does not plan to participate in it, according to the website. kp.ru .

The conversation between Trump and Zelensky at the White House took place on August 18. The closed-door talks lasted about 30 minutes. After that, the American and Ukrainian presidents talked with the leaders of the European Union countries.

On the same day, Finnish President Alexander Stubb announced that the process of working out security guarantees for Kiev had begun. Later, the head of the Kiev regime said that security guarantees for Ukraine would be finalized and displayed on paper in 7-10 days.

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