00:00Ahead of a historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,
00:07a virtual summit took place with Trump, Ukrainian and European leaders.
00:13Following the summit, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said the top priority for the meeting was a seeds fire,
00:20something he says Trump agreed with.
00:24I said to the President of the United States and to all our European colleagues Putin,
00:31he tries to press the meeting on the Alias, on all directions of the Ukrainian front.
00:37Russia tries to show that he can occupy all the Ukraine.
00:42This is their wish.
00:46According to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,
00:48European leaders were jointly trying to steer the Alaska meeting between Trump and Putin
00:53in the right direction.
00:56In Alaska, there must remain central European and Ukrainian security interests.
01:02That was the message that we as Europeans and Europeans
01:06have given to the American President Trump.
01:09And I can say that we were both in the assessment of the implementation
01:14as well as in the reachable goal.
01:18Trump described the upcoming Alaska talks as setting the table for a second meeting
01:23which would include both Putin and Zelensky.
01:27Will Russia face any consequences if Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war
01:32after your meeting on Friday?
01:34Yes, they will.
01:36What will the consequences be?
01:37There will be consequences.
01:38Sanctions, tariffs?
01:39There will be, I don't have to say, there will be very severe consequences, yes.
01:43We will go rapidly.
01:45When asked what the format of a second meeting would be,
01:48Trump suggested it would either be bilateral or trilateral,
01:51depending on whether Zelensky and Putin wanted the U.S. President there.
01:56I think we will actually get Democrats support.
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