President Putin talks with President Trump about Ukraine, Iran-Israel conflict
The Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump had just had a phone call to discuss issues of mutual concern, including the crisis in Ukraine and the Iran-Israel conflict.
In an interview with the media on June 14, Yuri Ushakov, special advisor on foreign policy to the Russian President, said that the phone call between Mr. Putin and US President Donald Trump lasted about an hour.
“The phone call was very meaningful, frank and, most importantly, very useful,” Ushakov said, according to RT. Putin mentioned Israel’s attack on Iranian territory on June 13, just days before the nuclear talks between Iran and the US were scheduled to begin. Despite the complicated situation, both leaders did not rule out the possibility of returning to the path of negotiations between the parties on Iran’s nuclear program, the Kremlin said.
According to the Russian President’s special advisor, in the phone call on June 14, Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump also mentioned the recent prisoner exchange activities between Russia and Ukraine. The Kremlin leader then pledged to be ready for dialogue with Ukraine “after June 22.”
“President Putin also sent birthday greetings to Mr. Trump. Both presidents expressed satisfaction with their personal relations, assessing that this allowed them to communicate at work and jointly seek solutions to pressing issues on the international agenda, no matter how complex they are,” Mr. Ushakov emphasized.
