New Delhi, May 13 -- US President Donald Trump offered to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey later this week noting that 'these talks could be helpful' to start the peace process. Trump spoke a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he would travel to Istanbul and wait there to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday that he might join the talks in Istanbul on Thursday while in the region. His current schedule has him visiting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar this week.

"I've got so many meetings, but I was thinking about actually flying over there. There's a possibility of it, I guess, if I think things can happen, but we've got ...