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Trump compares meeting with Putin to ‘chess game’, admits '25 pc’ chance of failure

Washington, Aug 14 (UNI) US President Donald Trump has said the Friday summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska could pave the way for a second round of talks — potentially involving Ukrainian Prez Volodymyr Zelensky — though there is admittedly a “25% chance that this meeting will not be successful".
Speaking to Fox Radio, Trump compared the encounter to “a chess game,” suggesting that any settlement between Moscow and Kyiv would inevitably be give and take” situation, when concerning the boundaries between the two nations, reports BBC.
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