There are currently no arrangements for meetings or talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, but there is a willingness on the Russian side to have further contacts and openness to dialogue when the situation becomes clearer.
This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, BBC reports, UNN writes.
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Communication channels exist, they are not closed. They are in working order. Another thing is that we have no agreements on any contacts at the highest level, at the political level
He added that “all this is quite possible, and it is clear that we are ready and open in this regard.
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According to the BBC, Russian journalists asked Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov to comment on Donald Trump's new statement about a phone call he allegedly had with Vladimir Putin . Commenting on the first statement, Peskov said that he could neither confirm nor deny it.
When journalists asked him again to clarify the situation, he replied:
I made a statement on this yesterday. I can't tell you anything else. I can neither confirm nor deny it
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