JAKARTA - President Donald Trump will not go to Turkey to attend Russia-Ukraine negotiations on Thursday, a US official said on Wednesday.
The official spoke after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia's delegation to the negotiations, a list that did not include the Kremlin leader.
Previously, President Trump had considered going to Turkey if President Putin was there.
The planned live peace negotiations today will be the first in the Russian-Ukraine conflict, after Wednesday's meeting was postponed.
President Putin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday "without any preconditions".
However, he did not say who would attend from Moscow and his spokesman could not provide further details on the matter on Wednesday.
President Trump earlier this week urged Ukraine to attend negotiations and President Volodymyr Zelensky quickly said he would attend, but only if President Putin appeared, sparking a diplomatic deadlock as part of a clear contest to show President Trump who prefers peace.
Yesterday, President Trump said he was still considering whether to attend negotiations in Turkey, but did not know whether President Putin would attend.
"(President Putin) wanted me to be there, and that's possible. I don't know if he will be present if I don't attend. We'll find out," President Trump told reporters at Air Force One on his way to Qatar.
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The Republican president is known to want Russia-Ukraine to sign a 30-day ceasefire in Europe's largest land war since the Second World War.
Separately, a member of the Russian Parliament said on Wednesday there may also be discussions about a large exchange of prisoners of war.
It is known that direct talks between negotiators from Ukraine and Russia last took place in Istanbul in March 2022, a month after President Putin sent tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine.
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