The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, said that he does not rule out the possibility of resuming dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was stated in an interview with NBC News.
Since he was elected, he has spoken to “probably” 70 world leaders, he said. Trump said he had not yet spoken to Putin, but noted, “I think we will talk.”
Vladimir Putin said at the Valdai Forum that he also does not exclude the possibility of a conversation with Donald Trump and does not consider it shameful to call him himself.
“I just don’t do this, because the leaders of Western states at one time called me almost every week and suddenly stopped doing it. Well, they don’t want to and it’s not necessary.” — the president explained his position.
The last time Putin called the current president of the United States was joe biden before the start of the SVO in Ukraine – February 12, 2022. Contacts between the presidential administrations were reduced amid the fighting, but the Kremlin allowed them “if necessary” to achieve Russian objectives.
On November 5, Trump was elected president of the United States for a second term: he gained the support of at least 277 electors (270 votes are needed to win), the final results have not yet been summed up.
The politician has repeatedly stated that he has good relations with the Russian president. The Kremlin responded to Trump’s words, in particular, that during the years of his presidency “nothing particularly good was done for Russia” and new restrictions were introduced. However, the press secretary of the Russian president. Dmitri Peskov He stated that “however there was a dialogue,” which he attributed “to the positive elements.”
