Moscow:
The Kremlin said on Monday it was still waiting for “signals” from the United States about a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and newly inaugurated U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
Leaders of both countries said last week they were ready for contact, but neither side has indicated when or how.
“So far, we have not received any signals from the Americans. The preparation remains. The same preparation, as we have heard, remains on the American side,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
The nearly three-year Ukraine conflict has brought relations between the two nuclear powers to their lowest levels since the Cold War.
Trump, who took office on Jan. 20, told reporters on Thursday that he was willing to meet with Putin “immediately” to reach a deal to end the fighting.
Putin on Friday praised Trump as a “smart” and “pragmatic” man, saying the conflict might not have started in 2022 if he had been president.
kyiv has warned against excluding itself from any peace talks between the two leaders, accusing Putin of wanting to “manipulate” Trump.
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