Reporter Asks State Department Spokesperson: Will Trump Meet With Putin If Putin Refuses Zelenskyy Meeting?

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At a State Department press briefing on Thursday, State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott was asked whether President Trump would still meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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00:00is that we place on free speech and that importance is going to continue.

00:03Yes. Thank you. I'm asking about President Trump and the potential summit with Russian leader

00:10Vladimir Putin. I know White House officials have said that for that meeting to take place,

00:15Putin needs to be willing to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

00:19But I was wondering, can you put a fine point on that? Is there any world in which this summit

00:24between President Trump and President Putin can happen without Putin agreeing to his Zelensky

00:30meeting as well? Well, I'm going to refer you to the White House on that one for details on the

00:34President's schedule. What I can say is looking backwards, as the Secretary has described,

00:39we have been in continual communication with our partners in Europe, continual communication with

00:43Ukraine. Our ultimate goal is to end this conflict, get the parties to the table, see the ceasefire in

00:49the long and enduring peace. But for details on the President's schedule, I refer you to the White House.

00:54Yes.

00:55Hi, Tommy. Rachel with Holy Broadcasting. Good to see you. In regards to Ukraine, does the Secretary

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