Actual preparations for a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump have not yet been carried out, and no requests have been received from the American side. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov.
“No, not yet” – said the Kremlin representative, responding to TASS’s question about whether there has already been a request from the United States and whether preparations are being made.
At the same time, Peskov highlighted the existence of mechanisms to organize dialogue between Putin and Trump.
“There are helpers. Dialogue mechanisms exist and, if there is political will, they can be activated easily and quickly.” – Peskov added.
Trump, in an interview with NBC on Nov. 8, said he had not yet spoken to the Russian president after winning the election, but acknowledged the possibility. In turn, Putin from the stage of the Valdai plenary session congratulated Trump on his victory in the elections and pointed out that the Russian side “has no shame” in calling it on its own.
After this, news appeared in the Western press about an alleged conversation between the two politicians. The Kremlin representative had to refute the claims of The Washington Post and Reuters. Peskov called this “the clearest example of the quality of information that is now published, sometimes even in quite respected publications.”
