Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke for over two hours, discussing a possible ceasefire in Ukraine
Washington DC / Moscow:
Minutes after his hours-long phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump declared on his Truth Social platform that Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations towards a ceasefire.
Describing his conversation with President Putin as a call that went “very well”, he said that the negotiations are a significant step towards the “end of the war”. The US President stressed that the conditions of the bilateral talks “will be negotiated between the two parties” directly. This, he said, was the only way forward “because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of.”
Praising the Russian President for the way in which Monday’s phone call was conducted, Mr Trump said, “The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent.”
Donald Trump, who has been claiming that he brings trade into all aspects of geopolitics, took another opportunity today to bring it up, saying, “Russia wants to do large scale trade with the United States when this catastrophic ‘bloodbath’ is over, and I agree.” He added that this would allow Moscow to “create massive amounts of jobs and wealth” in the country drained of financial resources arising out of the war expenditure and sanctions imposed on it.
