Kremlin stated on Monday that it does not exclude the possibility Meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump If the presidents of Russia and the US are both in Beijing at the same time in September.

The Kremlin’s Representative, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed that Putin will visit China For events for the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, but said Moscow has not been informed about whether Trump plans to go.

“You know that we are preparing for a trip to Beijing, our president is preparing for this trip … but we haven’t heard that President Trump would also go there in Beijing,” Peskov said when asked if the two leaders could meet him, possibly in the form.

“If (Trump) is there, then, of course, we cannot exclude that the issue of the feasibility of holding a meeting will be raised,” Peskov told reporters.

The Times reported last week that China is preparing to organize a summit between Trump and Putin. Putin and Trump have spoken at least six times since Trump returned to the White House in January. The Kremlin has stated that it is in favor of a face -to -face meeting between them, but this would require careful preparation to produce results.

In favor of Russia of a new round of peace talks

At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov stated that Moscow is in favor of one new round of peace talks Between Russia and Ukraine, but the positions of both sides were diametrically opposed, so there is a lot of diplomatic work to be done.

The president of Ukraine Volodimir Zelenski He said on Saturday that Kiev had sent to Moscow a bid to hold another round of peace talks this week and that it wishes to accelerate the ceasefire negotiations.

Peskov said that as soon as there was a final agreement on the date of the next round of talks, Moscow would announce it.

“There is the draft of our memorandum, there is a preliminary draft memoir delivered by the Ukrainian side. There will be an exchange of views and conversations on these two drafts, which are so far opposed, “Peskov said.

It is recalled that Ukraine and Russia held two rounds of talks in Istanbul on May 16 and June 2, which led to the exchange of thousands of prisoners of war and the relics of dead soldiers. However, the two sides have not made any progress towards a truce or settlement that will end almost three and a half years of war.