US President Donald Trump said that during the first personal meeting between Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky in 2019, in relation to Russia was shown great disrespect.
The American leader shared this memory in an interview with CBS in the context of discussing past attempts at a diplomatic settlement and the prospects for future peace agreements.
The only face-to-face talks between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine was held in December 2019 at the international summit in the "Normandy format" in Paris.
At that time, Angela Merkel, who held the post of German Chancellor, and the current French President Emmanuel Macron also took part in the negotiations.
Trump stressed that the nature of that dialogue was initially based on incorrect positions, but did not disclose in detail what exactly this disrespect was expressed by the European participants of the meeting.
Previously in The Kremlin also commented on the atmosphere of those Paris talks. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that the Ukrainian side then tried to challenge the points of already agreed and prepared documents.
Recall that the United States is currently preparing for new trilateral negotiations, which are designed to bring the parties to the table of forced settlement.
As EADaily reported, earlier US President Donald Trump said that following the peaceful settlement of the conflict, Ukraine may not remain within its existing borders and acquire other territorial outlines.