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Putin seeks meeting with Trump

Putin seeks meeting with Trump

"It would be better to meet and have a calm conversation on all issues of interest to both the US and Russia, based on today's realities," Putin said in a television interview.

The Russian president has just stated that Moscow is ready for talks with the US on a wide range of issues.

And he praised Trump as a "smart and pragmatic man" who is focused on US interests, he writes. € news, reports Telegraph.


Putin even linked his assessments to the war in Ukraine.

"If he had been president, the crisis in Ukraine in 2022 could have been avoided," Putin said.

This statement comes after Trump's repeated comments that he would not have allowed the conflict to begin if he had been in office, even though he was president as fighting escalated in the east of the country between Kiev forces and Moscow-aligned separatists. /Telegraph/