President Donald Trump is open to holding a trilateral summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a White House official said on Saturday.
However, the White House is currently planning a bilateral meeting with Putin at his request, the official added.
The last time Alaska hosted a high-stakes diplomatic gathering was in March 2021, when senior officials from the administration of Democratic former President Joe Biden met with top Chinese officials in Anchorage.
The get-together involving Biden’s top diplomat Antony Blinken and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi quickly turned into a stunning public clash in front of the cameras, with both sides levelling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies that reflected the high tension in bilateral ties.
Since his return to the White House in January, Trump has moved to mend relations with Russia and sought to end the war.
In his public comments he has veered between admiration and sharp criticism of Putin.