Kremlin says a Putin-Trump meeting is essential but needs advance preparation and must yield results
The Hindu
Kremlin spokesman Peskov discusses necessity of Putin-Trump meeting for bilateral relations and international affairs, including Ukraine crisis.
The Kremlin said on Friday (May 16, 2025) that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump was essential but required considerable advance preparation and had to yield results when it happened.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was commenting after Mr. Trump said he would meet Mr. Putin "as soon as we can set it up".
"...Such a meeting is certainly necessary. It is necessary both primarily from the point of view of bilateral Russian-U.S. relations and from the point of view of having a serious conversation at the highest level about international affairs and on regional problems, including, of course, about the crisis over Ukraine," Mr. Peskov said.
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