Matthew Bryza: Trump-Putin call opens door for visit

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The call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin likely set the stage for a visit by Trump’s Ukraine Envoy, General Kellogg, former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza says.

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00:00OK, but that phone call, if indeed it happened, it's not the phone call we were promised on

00:05the campaign trail, the phone call that was supposed to end the war in 24 hours, it didn't

00:10have that desired effect, did it?

00:12No, and that was always impossible and President Trump's Ukraine envoy, General Keith Kellogg,

00:18he said a couple of weeks ago, OK, OK, OK, overnight's not possible, I need, I think

00:23he said 100 days.

00:24And so he's imminently headed to Kiev, he'll be at the Munich Security Conference along

00:29with Vice President Vance later this week and is expected to head onward to Kiev.

00:35So Trump clearly wants to meet Putin and I think Kellogg's trip will help set that up

00:41and if there was a call, there probably was between Putin and Trump in recent days, that's

00:46probably clearing the way for General Kellogg's visit.

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