Trump says he will not meet with Putin until he thinks there is a deal on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he does not plan to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin until he thinks a deal is in place to secure peace between Russia and Ukraine.”You have to know that we’re going to make a deal, I’m not going to be wasting my time,” Trump told reporters in Doha.

On October 24, Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said he believed his country, the United States and Ukraine are close to a diplomatic solution to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Speaking to CNN after arriving in Washington for talks with US officials, Dmitriev said that a meeting between Donald Trump and Putin had not been cancelled, as the US president described it, and that the two leaders will likely meet at a later date.The planned summit was put on hold on Tuesday, as Russia’s rejection of an immediate ceasefire cast a cloud over attempts at negotiations. Trump said he cancelled the planned meeting with Putin in Budapest because of a lack of progress in diplomatic efforts toward ending the war and a sense that the timing was off.

However, Dmitriev on Friday said, “I believe Russia and the U.S. and Ukraine are actually quite close to a diplomatic solution.”

Dmitriev in his comments did not offer details of what this would entail.

Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.