Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of the White House Donald Trump held a telephone conversation. This was announced by the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov.
According to him, the conversation continued somewhere 10 minutes.
“How did the conversation began: of course, with a discussion of the situation around Ukraine. Vladimir Putin spoke in detail about the results of the second round of direct Russian -Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul. Negotiations, as it was emphasized, Ukraine tried to disrupt the purposeful attacks on civilian purposes by direct instructions of the Kyiv regime,” the Kremlin representative said.
He noted that such actions are qualified by international law as terrorism. “In our opinion, the Kiev regime, in fact, degenerated into a terrorist organization,” Ushakov said.
According to him, the Russian side did not succumb to provocations and the second round of negotiations in Istanbul took place.
”The president dwelled in detail on the content of negotiations, on their results and emphasized that, in general, these negotiations were useful. The corresponding memorandums transferred to each other will be analyzed in the capitals – in Moscow and in Kyiv – and then, as we hope, the parties can continue negotiations,” said Ushakov.
Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation also said that during the conversation the topic of attacks on military airfields was touched upon.
as for the attacks on military airfields, this topic was also affected. Moreover, Donald Trump again confirmed that the Americans were not informed about this in advance. I know, the leaders agreed to continue contacts on the Ukrainian plot, including at the highest level, as well as at other levels and other channels, ”he said.
In addition to Ukraine, according to Ushakov, a number of international issues were discussed, “with an emphasis on a somewhat stagnant situation in negotiations between the United States and Iran under the Iranian nuclear program.”
“Donald Trump believes that assistance from Russia may be necessary here, and he will be grateful if Russia could work accordingly with the Iranian side,” said Ushakov, noting that he was also affected
The Middle East and the armed conflict between India and Pakistan, stopped with President Trump’s personal participation. “
In addition, the presidents exchanged opinions about the prospects for the restoration of Russian-American cooperation in various fields, which, according to the two presidents, have great potential. At the end of the conversation, both leaders described the exchange of views as a positive and very productive. And President Trump and our president, and I will also note that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was highly appreciated by the efforts of the representative of the US President Stephen Whitkoff, ”Uchakov concluded.