Could this be the first fake news since the re-election of Donald Trump? The Republican’s entourage had not confirmed this information but, according to the Washington PostDonald Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone after the election in the United States.
This Monday, the Kremlin denied this telephone interview. “This absolutely does not correspond to reality, it is a pure invention,” reacted Dmitri Peskov. “This is simply false information,” insisted the Kremlin spokesperson to journalists. “Right now, there are no concrete plans” for such a discussion, he said.
“Positive signals”, according to Moscow
Last week, the two men said they were ready to talk. 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 “willingness to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia “.
According to the Washington PostDonald Trump and Vladimir Putin 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.” But according to Dmitri Peskov, Vladimir Putin repeated last week “that he is open to all negotiations” with the West on Ukraine, but “no signal has been sent” by them.
“If they say that signals will come, we have to wait for them. For the moment, no signal has arrived,” he added. Donald Trump would also have reminded Vladimir Putin of the extent of the American military presence in Europe.
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