Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) hopes that the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in her dwelling state will assist carry the warfare in Ukraine to an finish.
“That is one other alternative for the Arctic to function a venue that brings collectively world leaders to forge significant agreements,” Murkowski posted on the social media platform X. “Whereas I stay deeply cautious of Putin and his regime, I hope these discussions result in real progress and assist finish the warfare on equitable phrases.”
Trump on Friday night announced on social media that he’s slated to fulfill with Putin to interact in peace talks on Aug. 15 in Alaska.
Earlier within the day, Trump stated he would focus on the swapping of territories with Putin, who reportedly floated a ceasefire proposal involving Ukraine making territorial concessions.
The talks come because the president has grow to be increasingly frustrated with Putin in latest months over the over three years lengthy warfare in Ukraine.
The president beforehand imposed an Aug. 8 deadline for a ceasefire and threatened to impose further sanctions on the Russian economic system.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not invited to the Alaska assembly, however Trump stated that perhaps sooner or later he may maintain a similar event with each world leaders.
Murkowski has lengthy condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On July 31, she introduced a bill with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), rating member of the Senate Overseas Relations Committee, calling for $50 billion in help for Ukraine.
When Trump said that Ukraine began the warfare this yr, she railed in opposition to the president, stating it made her “sick to my abdomen.”
“I do know overseas coverage just isn’t for the faint of coronary heart, however proper now, I’m sick to my abdomen because the administration seems to be strolling away from our allies and embracing Putin, a risk to democracy and U.S. values around the globe,” Murkowski wrote on X in March.
Putin was final on American soil in 2015 for a U.N. summit. Direct talks between the U.S. and Russian president haven’t been held since 2021, when Putin and former President Biden met in Geneva.