Moscow, Nov 8 (IANS) Moscow does not rule out the possibility of communication between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump before Trump’s official inauguration in January, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Peskov noted on Thursday that Trump had previously said he would call Putin before the inauguration, Xinhua news agency reported.
The spokesperson also added that work on organising a meeting between Putin and Trump is not underway yet.
Trump, who previously held the US presidency from 2017 to 2021, won the 2024 US presidential race on Wednesday, defeating Democratic candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump, who secured a historic second term in the White House on Wednesday, has pledged to end the war in Ukraine before taking the oath of office. His criticism of outgoing President Joe Biden’s support for Ukraine has raised concerns in Kyiv that Washington might suspend arms deliveries, potentially weakening Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s gradual territorial gains.
“It’s not ruled out,” Peskov told reporters when asked about possible contact between Putin and Trump before the January 20 inauguration.
“(Trump) has said he’d call Putin before the inauguration. These are his words, we have nothing else to say here yet.”
On Wednesday, Peskov said Putin remains “open” to contact with Trump but indicated that Russia would not take the first step in re-establishing communication.
Kurt Volker, Trump’s envoy for the Russia-Ukraine war between 2017 and 2019, said he expects Trump to contact the Kremlin leader with the goal of a swift resolution to the war.
“I think he’s going to make a phone call to Putin as quickly as possible and tell Putin that he needs to stop the war,” Volker told the Kyiv Independent shortly after the election results were called on Wednesday.
“That will start a discussion about how that actually happens,” Volker added.
“I don’t think Trump wants to see this war continue once he’s actually in office.”
According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal, advisers in Trump’s transition team have put forward several proposals that would effectively freeze the war in Ukraine, solidifying Moscow’s territorial gains.
–IANS
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