Trump, Putin Seek New Beginning In US-Russia Ties With Focus On Energy, Economic Cooperation
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the US-Ukraine-backed truce proposal and potential economic and energy partnerships during a detailed telephonic conversation.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a detailed telephonic conversation on Tuesday where they discussed the US-Ukraine-backed truce proposal while also exploring potential areas of cooperation, including economic and energy partnerships, between Moscow and Washington DC.
Both leaders said that “improved ties" between both nations have ‘huge upside’, according to the White House.
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Trump and Putin agreed on Tuesday to seek a limited 30-day ceasefire against energy and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, while talks aimed at advancing toward a broader peace plan will begin “immediately," the White House further added in its press release.
Putin stopped short of accepting a broader US-backed 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine has said it is ready to accept. The Russian president raised “significant points" about preventing such a truce from being used by Ukraine to mobilize more soldiers and rearm itself, the Kremlin said in a statement following a lengthy phone call between the two leaders.
Putin also emphasized that the “complete cessation of foreign military assistance and the provision of intelligence information to Kyiv" is a condition for any permanent peace deal.
In a statement, the White House said negotiations on a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, as well as other potential areas of concern, would commence immediately in the Middle East.
(with inputs from Reuters)
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