During this telephone interview, the two men discussed the objective of peace on the European continent and Donald Trump said he wanted “the resolution of the war in Ukraine soon.”
A first contact. Barely elected President of the United States, Donald Trump spoke on Thursday November 7 with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and asked him not to provoke an escalation in Ukraine, reports the American daily Washington Post.
This would be the first telephone conversation between the two men since the Republican won the American presidential election.
According to the same media, both discussed the goal of peace on the European continent and Donald Trump said he hoped to be able to have follow-up conversations to discuss “the resolution of the war in Ukraine soon”, according to the anonymous sources of the American daily. When questioned, Donald Trump's entourage did not confirm this information.
“Positive signals”
Foreign policy issues will 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.
Donald Trump has regularly claimed to be able to end the war “in a day”, without ever detailing how he would do it. But this could probably involve a deal that would require kyiv to cede part of its territory to Moscow. This question of land would also have been raised, according to the same sources.
The Kremlin estimated on Sunday that the Republican had sent “positive signals” during the campaign regarding the conflict, since he spoke of a possible “peace” and did not show a “will to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia .”
Donald Trump also spoke with Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday. An exchange in which billionaire Elon Musk participated and described as “excellent” by the Ukrainian president.
Before the meeting between Trump and Biden, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Jake Sullivan, said that the United States planned to spend the remaining six billion dollars dedicated to Ukraine before Donald Trump comes to power, scheduled for January 20, 2025.
