U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he considered the possible meeting between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday to be “very important’’.
He said that he anticipated good things to come out from it.
“Thursday’s meeting with Russia and Ukraine is very important.
“I was very insistent that that meeting take place.
“I think good things can come out of that meeting,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
In the early hours of Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Kiev and Moscow resume direct talks without any preconditions in Istanbul on May 15.