Washington’s coverage in the direction of Moscow has taken a pointy flip ever since Donald Trump returned to the White Home in January.
US and Russian officers sat down for peace talks in Saudi Arabia final month – sparked by a telephone name between Trump and Vladimir Putin – and now the 2 leaders will converse once more.
It comes as stress is being ramped up on Putin to simply accept the ceasefire, one thing Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already agreed to.
However what are we anticipating from the talks? Here is what Washington and Moscow have informed us…
‘Many parts’ agreed, Trump says
Chatting with reporters on board Air Pressure One, Trump made the primary point out that he could be talking to Putin and mentioned “numerous work’s been carried out over the weekend”.
The US president additionally mentioned land and energy vegetation shall be a part of the dialog, and described it as “dividing up sure property”.
Taking to Reality Social final evening, Trump gave one other replace on immediately’s talks with the Russian president and mentioned they’d be going down within the morning.
Whereas he mentioned “many parts” have been agreed, he warned “a lot stays” forward of the telephone name.
Kremlin: ‘We do not get forward of ourselves’
We additionally heard from the Kremlin yesterday, which confirmed the telephone name is being ready.
However Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov didn’t give any additional particulars of the decision.
“We by no means try this, we do not get forward of ourselves,” he mentioned.
The Kremlin declined to remark when requested about Trump’s remarks on Air Pressure One about “dividing up” land and energy vegetation.