The Trump-Putin Alaska meet took place on Friday at Anchorage, Alaska.
Where US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face meeting since 2019.
Trump said he wants a ceasefire “rapidly” in the war in Ukraine and “won’t be happy if it’s not today.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was not invited.
Trump-Putin Alaska summit focuses on a quick truce and next steps
Trump greeted Putin on the tarmac with a red carpet welcome before they rode together to the summit site.
The leaders sat with their delegations against a blue backdrop reading “Pursuing Peace.”
Trump will be joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff for the initial talks.
A larger session will set to include Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and chief of staff Susie Wiles.
From Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov accompanied Putin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the talks could run six to seven hours and that a three-way summit with Zelenskiy is possible if Alaska “bears fruit.”
Trump also signalled that arranging such a meeting quickly would be “even more important” than his encounter with Putin.
Framing the stakes, Trump said there is “mutual respect” between the two leaders, calling Putin “a smart guy,” and welcomed Moscow’s decision to bring businesspeople to Alaska.
He added that ending the 3 year conflict has proven harder than expected, despite earlier promises to conclude it swiftly.
For global audiences and for Pakistan the outcome matters.
A ceasefire would ease pressure on energy and food markets, stabilise shipping and insurance costs, and support inflation control across import dependent economies.
Diplomats will watch whether the Alaska contact line leads to verifiable steps on the ground and opens a channel for Ukraine’s direct participation.
For now, the Trump-Putin Alaska summit has moved the focus back to diplomacy.
The measure of success will be simple: whether guns fall silent and a credible path emerges toward sustained talks.
