Will contact resume more intensely between Washington and Moscow from January 20? In any case, discussions seem to have already resumed before this date, which is that of Donald Trump's inauguration.
The winner of the presidential election in the United States reportedly spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and asked him not to provoke an escalation in Ukraine, reports Sunday. Washington Post.
Discussions on the goal of peace
If confirmed, it would be the first telephone conversation between the two men since Donald Trump won the race for the White House on November 5.
According to the American daily's anonymous sources, they discussed the goal of peace on the European continent and Donald Trump said he hoped to have follow-up conversations to discuss “resolving the war in Ukraine soon.” Donald Trump's entourage, however, has not confirmed this information.
Foreign policy issues will also be on the menu of the meeting between Joe Biden and Donald Trump scheduled in the Oval Office on Wednesday to begin the transfer of power.
Trump's 'one day' goal
Donald Trump, who will return to the White House on January 20, has regularly claimed to be able to end the war in Ukraine “in one day”, without ever detailing how he would go about it. But this could probably involve a deal that would require kyiv to cede part of its territory to Moscow. This land issue was also raised on Thursday with the master of the Kremlin, according to the same sources.
Moscow, for its part, estimated on Sunday that Donald Trump had sent “positive signals” during the campaign regarding the conflict, since he spoke of a possible “peace” and did not show a “willingness to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.”
Our file on the War in Ukraine
The future tenant of the White House also already spoke on Wednesday with Volodymyr Zelensky. An exchange in which Elon Musk participated and described as “excellent” by the Ukrainian president.
