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US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed, during a telephone call on Wednesday, to “immediately” start peace talks to end the war in Ukraine.
“I had a very long and very productive telephone conversation” with President Putin on Ukraine, the Middle East, energy, artificial intelligence and the dollar, among others, said Mr. Trump on social networks.
During this first official contact, the two leaders agreed that US and Russian officials will immediately start negotiations, “said the White House tenant.
To this end, Trump said that he had instructed the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, CIA director, John Ratcliffe, the national security advisor, Michael Waltz and the special envoy, Steve Witkoff to carry out the negotiations.
The American president said he was “convinced” that these talks “will be fruitful”.
“Millions of people” died in this war which should never have taken place, regretted Trump, who stressed that “no other life should be lost!”
In addition, Trump and Putin have agreed on an exchange of visits, announced the American president, saying that he will “work together, and in close collaboration” with his Russian counterpart on this subject.
Trump also thanked Russian President for the Liberation on Tuesday of the American citizen, Marc Fogel, detained in Russia since 2021.
In exchange, Washington released Alexander Vinnik, a Russian citizen extradited to the United States in 2017.
