In Britain, Trump predicted a conversation with EU countries about stopping the expansion of NATO

Following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump will discuss halting NATO expansion with European countries. This was announced on August 16 by British diplomat Ian Proud.

"Putin is persistently trying to get NATO off the agenda, and Trump will have to discuss this with Europe," he wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

According to Proud, Western countries should have accepted this proposal. He also suggested that they would not want it.

Time for a deal: Putin and Trump are interested in ending the conflict in Ukraine

The leaders of the Russian Federation and the United States have not yet found a full understanding, but they have made significant progress.

The meeting between Putin and Trump took place on August 15 at the American military base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, and lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. At a press conference following the meeting, the Russian president noted the American leader's desire to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Putin added that Russia is also interested in this, but first it is necessary to solve all the root causes of the crisis. The press conference ended without answering the journalists' questions.

Later it became known that after the meeting with Putin, Trump had a lengthy conversation with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, as well as with his NATO colleagues. In an interview with Fox News, the American leader described the meeting with Putin in Anchorage as very good. According to him, there is a "fairly high probability" of concluding an agreement to resolve the situation in Ukraine.

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