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Peace Talks Missing Presidents

Amanpour

CNN

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4.2929 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are due to meet in Turkey for peace talks but the leaders of both countries will not be present, despite President Putin proposing the talks take place. Moscow has notably withheld its top diplomatic heavyweights, which according to Zelensky, means the nation is "not serious" about peace. US President Donald Trump has weighed in, saying peace won't happen until he meets with Putin himself. Ukraine's former Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba joins the show in London to discuss  Also on today's show: former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman; author Dr. Jerry Avorn  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6

Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up. Putin is a no-show at peace talks

0:40.3

as President Zelensky dismisses the Russian delegation as phony. I ask his former foreign

0:46.0

minister, where Ukraine goes next? Then President Trump says nothing's going to happen until Putin

0:52.3

and I get together and with the war on Gaza

0:55.0

intensifying, how will Trump's diplomacy play out? Former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy

1:01.0

Sherman joins me. I'll also ask about her former boss and the alleged cover-up of President

1:07.0

Biden's decline. Plus, rethinking medication why Americans are paying too much.

1:13.2

And can the president do something about it? Welcome to the program, everyone, I'm Christiana Manpur in London.

1:39.0

A waiting game in Istanbul, Ukrainian and Russian delegations are due to meet there for peace talks.

1:44.7

As expected, Vladimir Putin didn't show up, so President Zelensky just sent his team.

1:50.5

Had the two leaders met, it would have been the first time since 2019.

1:55.0

Remember, it was Putin himself who proposed these talks.

1:58.3

Zelensky says he won't meet with anyone but Putin himself.

2:01.3

And Donald Trump has weighed in, saying nothing will happen on Ukraine until he himself meets with Putin.

2:07.3

So a lot of moving personal parts. And what can Ukraine reasonably expect now?

2:13.1

Here with me to discuss is Dimitro Kuleba, the country's former foreign minister. Welcome to the program.

2:19.3

Good to be back. You know a lot about these meetings. Describe what you think when

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