The Russian president Vladimir Putin he is “open to contact” with the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump without preconditions. This was reiterated by the spokesperson of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskovwho “welcomes Trump’s willingness” to “solve problems through dialogue.”
«The President has repeatedly stated that he is open to contacts with international leaders, including the President of the United States, Donald Trump», continued Peskov, «there is no need for preconditions, all that is needed is the common will». «We assume that both Trump and Putin are ready for a face-to-face meeting but there is nothing specific at the moment», added the spokesperson, «we expect that there will be progress towards a meeting once Trump takes office ».
Donald Trump said a meeting with the Russian president Vladimir Putin is in the process of being defined. During an event with Republican governors a Mar-a-LagoAccording to American media reports, the US president-elect said that the tsar “wants to meet me” and “we are organizing” a meeting.
Trump did not go into details, but opened up the possibility of a meeting occurring after he takes office. «President Putin wants to see each other. He also said it publicly and we must put an end to that war, which is a bloody mess”, highlighted the tycoon.
«This war will end as soon as Russia stops bombing civilians and civilian infrastructure and withdraws its troops. If you put pressure on Putin, political and economic pressure, then the result is positive. It is in everyone’s interest to have a peace agreement.”but «this is what Russia does not intend to follow. We have seen this in the past: think about Minsk 1, Minsk 2, there were agreements but they didn’t respect them and we had more wars. So what Russia understands is strength.” The EU high representative said it Kaja Kallas in an interview withHANDLEcommenting on Trump’s intentions to meet Putin.
«The Russians want to show that time is on their side, but in reality it is not: their economy is in a terrible state» and «they no longer have the income gas And petrolium that they had before, they have enormous problems on the job market. They want us to think that we are in a hurry to give them everything they want and we should not fall into that trap,” he stressed Kallas. «What Syria has shown us is that Russia is not invincible: as soon as it weakened, the Assad regime fell. So we must not underestimate our power and overestimate that of Russia.”
Kiev: Zelensky-Trump meeting after inauguration
Kiev plans a meeting between the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump immediately after his inauguration on January 20th. He says it Heorhii Tykhyispokesperson for Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairsduring a press conference.
«We are preparing for contacts Ukrainian-Americans both at the highest levels and at the high levels immediately after the establishment of Trump», he stated Tykhyiaccording to Ukrainian media reports. «There will certainly be contacts between the leaders of theUkraine and gods United States. Preparations are also underway for interactions at all other levels, which will definitely take place after the inauguration,” he added.
As for the announcement of Trump who said he was actively working to organize a meeting with the leader of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putinthe spokesperson for Kiev he said that «Donald Trump he has already previously mentioned the intention of such a meeting, so we see nothing new in this.”
«Our position is clear – he reiterated – everyone in Ukraine they want to end the war on fair terms for theUkraine. We believe the president too Trump is committed to ending the war. Therefore, the priority now is a meeting between our presidents, the president Trump and the president Zelensky. The most important thing for us is to collaborate withAmerica in the pursuit of peace,” he concluded.