Russian President Vladimir Putin wink at his annual television television press conference and his phone held in Moscow, Russia, December 19, 2024.
Maxim Shemetov | Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he was open to discussions with US President Donald Trump on issues such as Ukrainian war and energy prices, and said it would be a good idea for two to meet.
But Putin told a Russian television journalist that the question of negotiation with Ukraine was complicated by the fact that its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, had signed a decree preventing him from making talks with Putin.
Putin described Trump, who threatened this week to hit Russia with new sanctions and prices if she did not neglect the end of the war, as intelligent and pragmatic. He said he didn’t expect the American president to make decisions about the sanctions that would rebound on the American economy.
“Consequently, it would most likely be preferable for us to meet, on the basis of today’s realities, to speak calmly in all these areas that interest the United States and Russia. We are ready. But, I The repeat, it mainly depends on the decisions and choices of the current US administration, “he said.
