“It is important that Europeans are involved at every stage to ensure reliable security guarantees together with America,” he said.

In total the conversations lasted an hour and a half.

Trump’s meeting with Putin

“There were many, many points that we agreed on,” Trump said at a joint press conference with Putin. “I would say a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite got there, but we’ve made some headway. So there’s no deal until there’s a deal.”

In brief remarks, Putin said he expected Ukraine and its European allies to accept the results of the US-Russia negotiation, warning them not to “torpedo” the progress toward a resolution.

Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia launched on its smaller neighbour in February 2022. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainian.

Meeting with NATO leaders

When his plane landed, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump was on the phone with NATO leaders — including German Chancellor Freidrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer — after a lengthy call with Zelenskyy.

Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, Ushakov, said on Russian state television Saturday that a potential trilateral meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy has not been raised in US-Russia discussions.