Russian leader Vladimir Putin is ready to get in touch with US President Donald Trump, and Moscow awaits the relevant Washington signals. Russian presidency spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said, said Russian news agency Tass.
“Look, Putin is ready, we are waiting for the signals. Everyone is ready. So it’s difficult to guess what’s going on in coffee grounds”said the Kremlin spokesperson.
Mr. Peskov also stressed that if a conversation between the two leaders was agreed, Moscow would be informed in due course.
Previously, the agency Reuters had reported that the American president wanted to meet Putin “immediately”. At the same time, no specific date has not been advanced.
Put an end to a war that has been going on for almost three years
American and Russian leaders should work together to end the war in Ukraine, resume negotiations on nuclear disarmament and the sanctions regime. The determination to end the conflict was one of Donald Trump’s most publicized campaign promises. Immediately after his inauguration, the 47th American president called on the two parties to end hostilities, while no concrete peace plan has yet been presented.
However, Friday, January 24, Vladimir Putin said that Russia was ready to engage talks on Ukraine, according to the Russian media.
“We have always said, and I want to underline it again, that we were ready to participate in these talks on the Ukrainian issue. But there are also questions that require special attention“Said Mr. Putin.
The Russian leader also criticized the decree of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky prohibiting negotiations. At the end of 2024, the chief of the Kremlin defined the conditions of negotiations with Ukraine, which however was not taken seriously by the European Union and the United States. The day before, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, reaffirmed: “The temporary ceasefire and the frost of the conflict are unacceptable. They will certainly be used by the West to strengthen the military potential of the kyiv regime and attempts at armed revenge. It takes reliable and legally suitable mechanisms and mechanisms binding to ensure that the conflict does not resume “.
Back to discussion on nuclear disarmament
Regarding Back to agreements on nuclear disarmamentDmitri Peskov stated at a briefing:
-“I would like to recall, in relation to the declaration of President Putin, that Russia believes in the resumption of Disarmament negotiations as soon as possible. Especially since the legal and conventional framework in the field of armament control has been considerably weakened, and it is not the fault of the Russian Federation. It was the United States that ended their participation and that have undermined the very existence of this legal framework. This is why, in the interest of the whole world and in the interest of the peoples of our countries, we of course want to start this negotiation process as quickly as possible. “
“But I want to remind you of the words of President Putin according to which, in the current circumstances, all nuclear capacities must be taken into account. It is impossible, for example, to negotiate without taking into account the capacities of France and the Kingdom -Uni. , who have ceased all contact, all substantial contact with our camp. “
Security agencies are also interested in managers
Sergei Jarkinkin, director of the Russian external intelligence service, also spoke of the possibility of a dialogue with Washington at the level of his agency. Previously, he had told the Russian news agency Tass that he was ready to meet the new director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, if there was a corresponding interest from the United States.
“We are always ready to discuss”he said when he was asked if he was ready to organize a meeting at the request of the United States.
In response to a question of clarification on the maintenance of contacts between the SVR and the CIA, he said: “We have an official representative in Washington and the Central Intelligence Agency has an official representative in Moscow”.
Who to entrust the role of mediator?
One day earlier, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, also spoke about how and who could become an intermediary in possible negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. He said Russia “does not consider Italy Like a possible participant in peace talks in Ukraine “. “Unfortunately, Russian-Italian relations are going through the deepest crisis since the Second World War, and official responsibility is certainly falling in Rome”, said Lavrov, recalling that Italy has blocked all of its bilateral relations with Russia.
Among the countries that could participate in the peacekeeping process, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs has cited China and Brazil. At the same time, Mr. Lavrov stressed that Moscow “is open to any negotiation, if it relates essentially to the deep causes and the principles set out by Vladimir Putin in June 2024, during a speech to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I would like to emphasize that it is not prerequisites “.
