STORY: :: Trump says he is open to attending talks on Ukraine, but is unsure if Putin will attend
:: May 14, 2025
REPORTER: "What happens on Thursday if President Putin doesn't show up in Turkey for the talks with Ukraine, what will you do?"
TRUMP: "Well, I don't if he is showing up. I know he would like me to be there, that's a possibility. We can end the war. I'd be thinking about that. Now tomorrow we're all booked out. You understand that? We are all set."
REPORTER: "But you'd go if he goes?"
TRUMP: "We're going to go... UAE tomorrow. And so, we have a very full situation. Now, that doesn't mean I wouldn't do it to save a lot of lives and come back. But yeah, I think they're thinking about something. I don't know that he would be there if I'm not there. We're going to find out. Marco's going and Marco has been very effective."
He has said he may visit Turkey for the talks as part of his trip to the Middle East this week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday said he would only attend if Putin was also there.
On Wednesday, the Kremlin said it would send a delegation to Istanbul but did not say who would be representing Moscow.
