Steve Witkoff has highlighted the “nice friendship” between the US and Russian presidents
Relations between the US and Russia might enhance, Steve Witkoff, a senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, has recommended, citing what he described as a “nice friendship” between the 2 nations’ leaders previously that would proceed.
Whereas on the marketing campaign path and after his victory within the November 5 election, Trump repeatedly vowed to place a swift finish to the Ukraine battle and likewise expressed a willingness to satisfy together with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Trump has additionally claimed that he “all the time had a great relationship” with the Russian head of state.
Chatting with the media outlet NewsNation on Wednesday, Witkoff mentioned, “I believe [Presidents Trump and Putin] had an important friendship, and I believe now it’s going to proceed, and it’s a very good factor for the world.”
Commenting on the discharge of US nationwide Marc Fogel from a Russian jail on Tuesday, Witkoff, who serves as US particular envoy to the Center East, famous that the “Russians have been very, very useful in that effort and really accommodating.”
Trump, too, confirmed that “we have been handled very properly by Russia,” expressing hope that “that’s the start of a relationship the place we are able to finish that battle and hundreds of thousands of individuals can cease being killed.”
In a put up on his Fact Social platform on Wednesday, Trump wrote, “I simply had a prolonged and extremely productive telephone name with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.” In line with the US president, they talked concerning the “nice profit that we’ll sometime have in working collectively,” in addition to their shared want to place an finish to the Ukraine battle.
“We agreed to work collectively, very carefully, together with visiting one another’s Nations. Now we have additionally agreed to have our respective groups begin negotiations instantly,” the US head of state pressured.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed the dialog, including that the 2 presidents agreed that the time had come for Moscow and Washington to work collectively.
On Monday, Russian Deputy International Minister Sergey Ryabkov acknowledged that “Trump’s group, regardless of conflicting statements from each him and his individuals, has at the very least signaled curiosity in resuming the dialogue with Russia that was disrupted by the Democrats.”
The diplomat emphasised that the ball was in Washington’s courtroom and warned towards resorting to the “language of ultimatums.”
