Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the suitable places to hold a meeting with United States President Donald Trump.

Putin said that he was not 'on the whole' against meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, adding that 'certain conditions should be created' for such a meeting. He stressed that the current situation was 'far' from being ready for it.

"At the suggestion of the American side, an agreement was essentially reached to hold a bilateral meeting at the highest level in the coming days, that is, a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump," Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said. "We are now beginning concrete preparations together with our American colleagues," he added in televised comments.