Putin continues calling leaders to boast about upcoming meeting with Trump
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has continued holding phone conversations with presidents and prime ministers of several countries, telling them about the visit of US representative Steve Witkoff to Moscow and boasting that he will soon travel to Alaska to meet US President Donald Trump.
Source: Kremlin on Telegram
Details: On 11 August, Putin spoke with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in what was reportedly a call initiated by the Armenian side. Pashinyan briefed the Kremlin leader on the results of his meeting with US President Donald Trump and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Washington on 8 August.
"In turn, Putin spoke about the main outcomes of his conversation with US president’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and about preparations for a meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska," the Kremlin stated.
The press service also reported that over the weekend, Putin had phone conversations with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov. To each of these leaders, he also recounted his talk with Witkoff and boasted about arranging a meeting with Trump in Alaska.
Background:
- On 8 August, Putin held phone talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and the self-proclaimed leader of Belarus; with all of them, he discussed the US and Ukraine.
- On the same day, he also spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Ukraine and bilateral relations.
- On 9 August, US President Donald Trump announced a planned meeting with Putin in the US state of Alaska on 15 August 2025.
- Media outlets have reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may also join the summit.
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