US President Donald Trump has said that he has had contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian president's press secretary said that there have been many mutual contacts between the US and Russia, some of which he may not be aware of.
Trump told reporters on the presidential plane that he would meet with his Russian counterpart at a convenient time. "I think I will meet with Putin at a convenient time," he said. According to media reports, answering questions, Trump said that he had contacts with Putin. "They did," the White House chief of staff said. The US president again did not comment on the content of these contacts. He also did not specify how often and when these contacts took place.
It is noteworthy that Russian President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov neither confirmed nor denied the information about a telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"As the Washington administration carries out its work, many different mutual connections appear, and these connections are carried out through various channels, and, of course, against the background of a large number of these connections, I personally may not know something, may not be aware of something.
Therefore, in this case, I can neither confirm nor deny it," he told the Interfax agency. The fact that Trump had a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart on the issues of resolving the Russian-Ukrainian conflict was previously reported by The New York Post.
