{"id":1111,"date":"2025-08-07T14:24:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:49:55","slug":"putin-comments-on-potential-meeting-with-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/putin-comments-on-potential-meeting-with-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin comments on potential meeting with Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Certain conditions should first be put in place, the Russian president has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he could potentially hold face-to-face talks with Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky, but only if Moscow and Kiev reach progress on a diplomatic settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Putin made the remarks on Thursday as he spoke to reporters following talks in Moscow with UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. When asked whether he would oppose meeting Zelensky in person, Putin said he had <em>\u201cnothing in principle\u201d<\/em> against this.<br \/>However, <em>\u201ccertain conditions must be created\u201d<\/em> for talks to take place, Putin said, adding, <em>\u201cAlas, we are still far from creating such conditions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zelensky earlier reaffirmed Ukraine\u2019s openness to talks with Russia, including in a trilateral format, stating: <em>\u201cUkraine is not afraid of meetings and expects the same bold approach from the Russian side. It is time to end the war.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/622621-putin-names-venue-trump-talks\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Putin names possible venue for talks with Trump<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Moscow, however, continues to question Zelensky\u2019s legal capacity to sign binding agreements. The Ukrainian leader\u2019s presidential term expired last year, and he refused to hold a new election, citing martial law. This prompted Moscow to declare him <em>\u201cillegitimate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Putin delivered his remarks one day after he met with Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy, in Moscow. Following the three-hour talks, Moscow said the Russian and US leaders could meet as early as next week, with the UAE being a possible venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certain conditions should first be put in place, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1112,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions\/1112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}