“I would like to congratulate you (Donald Trump) on your election as president“, said Putin at the Valdai debate club in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The contact would be prior to Trump’s official inauguration, which has a date set for January 20, 2025. Both nations are experiencing growing tension over the armed conflict between Russia and UkraineAmerican support for the nation led by Volodymyr Zelensky and the role of NATO.
Russia does not rule out contact with Donald Trump
Trump’s victory brought changes to the geopolitical board. After comprehensively defeating his Democratic rival, Kamala Harristhe Republican leader will go for his second presidency, and the world’s main leaders begin to respond to the change of winds in the United States.
Along these lines, Moscow does not rule out the possibility of communication between Putin and Trump before the latter officially takes power on January 20, 2025. According to Peskov, the American had previously said that he would call the Russian leader before the official inauguration.
Despite the signals for a hypothetical communication, the Kremlin spokesperson also put cold clothes on the approaches. In this sense, Perkov stated that the work to organize a meeting between both leaders are not yet running.
Russia, the United States and the conflict in Ukraine
Despite the communication attemptthe relationship between both countries maintains its historical line and continues to be high tension. After Trump’s victory, the official Russian spokesperson assured that “I had no knowledge” There is no plan for Putin to congratulate the winner of the presidential elections since the United States is an “unfriendly country” that was “at war” with Russia.
In this sense, the bad relationship between both nations has deepened since the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out. In his electoral campaign, the Republican leader repeatedly stated that he would end said war “in 24 hours“without giving details how.
Trump was also critical of US financing of Ukraine and blamed several times to kyiv due to the conflict. Given these statements, the Kremlin assured that they will wait to see what the American will be like once he takes office.
“We will draw conclusions based on concrete steps and concrete words,” Peskov said. On the other hand, the Foreign Minister added: “We have no illusions about the American president-elect.”
Source: Ambito
