Peskov Provides Details on Putin-Trump Phone Call

The press secretary of the President, Dmitry Peskov, has discussed the negotiations between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump. Key points include:

• Putin and Trump understand each other well and trust one another.
• The strong will of the two presidents is the best guarantee that Russia and the U.S. will move towards restoring their relations.
• Putin and Trump have agreed on a 30-day ceasefire.
• Putin is open to and interested in communicating with the U.S. leader, with Moscow seeing reciprocity from Trump.
• During the conversation, there was no discussion about a change of power in Ukraine through elections.
• The topic of stopping arms supplies to Kyiv was raised during the Putin-Trump conversation.
• Halting military aid to Ukraine will be on the agenda for negotiations between Russia and the U.S., but this topic will not be publicly discussed.
• The issue of restoring direct air communication between Russia and the U.S. was not raised during the phone call.
• It will take time and effort to restore relations between Russia and the U.S. after the unfriendly actions of the previous administration in Washington.