Washington – President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a 50-minute cellphone name Saturday to debate the escalating scenario within the Center East and Ukraine peace talks, the White Home and Kremlin confirmed.
In an announcement launched by the White Home, Mr. Trump stated Putin known as him on Saturday to “want me a Pleased Birthday, however to extra importantly, speak about Iran, a rustic he is aware of very properly.”
“We talked at size. A lot much less time was spent speaking about Russia/Ukraine, however that will likely be for subsequent week,” Mr. Trump stated, including that the decision lasted “roughly 1 hour.” “He feels, as I do, this warfare in Israel-Iran ought to finish, to which I defined, his warfare must also finish.”
Mr. Trump didn’t present extra particulars concerning the name.
Putin’s overseas affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, stated that throughout the dialog, Putin briefed Mr. Trump on his latest talks with the leaders of Iran and Israel and reiterated Russia’s proposal to hunt mutually acceptable options on the Iranian nuclear problem.
“The harmful escalation of the scenario within the Center East was naturally on the middle of the alternate of opinions,” Ushakov informed journalists following the dialog between the 2 leaders.
“Vladimir Putin, having condemned the army operation in opposition to Iran, expressed severe concern concerning the potential escalation of the battle,” he stated, warning of “unpredictable penalties for the whole scenario within the Center East.”
In keeping with Ushakov, Putin additionally emphasised Russia’s readiness to hold out potential mediation efforts and famous that Russia had proposed steps “geared toward discovering mutually acceptable agreements” throughout U.S.-Iran negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program.
“Russia’s principled method and curiosity within the settlement stay unchanged,” Ushakov stated.
Mr. Trump described the regional scenario as “very alarming,” Ushakov stated, however acknowledged the “effectiveness” of Israel’s strikes on targets in Iran.
The leaders didn’t rule out a potential return to negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program, based on Ushakov.
In keeping with Ushakov, Putin informed Mr. Trump concerning the implementation of the agreements throughout peace talks in Istanbul between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, together with the alternate of prisoners of warfare.
Mr. Trump stated that Putin is transferring ahead with the deliberate prisoner swap.
“He’s doing the deliberate prisoner swaps – massive numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, instantly, from either side.”
“Our president famous that an alternate of prisoners of warfare is going down, together with severely wounded and prisoners of warfare below 25 years of age,” Ushakov stated, together with expressing readiness to proceed negotiations with the Ukrainians.
Mr. Trump, he stated, “famous his curiosity in a speedy finish to the Russian-Ukrainian battle.”
The leaders final spoke on June 4 for over an hour, the place they mentioned Putin’s plans to reply to Ukraine’s drone strike on Russian air bases. Mr. Trump posted some particulars from the dialog on his Reality Social account and stated in addition they mentioned Iran.
Earlier than that, Mr. Trump’s final identified cellphone name with Putin was in Might and lasted two hours.
