Trump lashes retired astatine Putin again
Washington – President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a 50-minute telephone telephone Saturday to sermon the escalating concern successful the Middle East and Ukraine bid talks, the White House and Kremlin confirmed.
In a connection released by the White House, Mr. Trump said Putin called him connected Saturday to "wish maine a Happy Birthday, but to much importantly, speech astir Iran, a state helium knows precise well."
"We talked astatine length. Much little clip was spent talking astir Russia/Ukraine, but that volition beryllium for adjacent week," Mr. Trump said, adding that the telephone lasted "approximately 1 hour." "He feels, arsenic I do, this warfare successful Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his warfare should besides end."
Mr. Trump did not supply further details astir the call.
Putin's overseas affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said that during the conversation, Putin briefed Mr. Trump connected his caller talks with the leaders of Iran and Israel and reiterated Russia's connection to question mutually acceptable solutions connected the Iranian atomic issue.
"The unsafe escalation of the concern successful the Middle East was people astatine the halfway of the speech of opinions," Ushakov told journalists pursuing the speech betwixt the 2 leaders.
"Vladimir Putin, having condemned the subject cognition against Iran, expressed superior interest astir the imaginable escalation of the conflict," helium said, informing of "unpredictable consequences for the full concern successful the Middle East."
According to Ushakov, Putin besides emphasized Russia's readiness to transportation retired imaginable mediation efforts and noted that Russia had projected steps "aimed astatine uncovering mutually acceptable agreements" during U.S.-Iran negotiations connected the Iranian atomic program.
"Russia's principled attack and involvement successful the colony stay unchanged," Ushakov said.
Mr. Trump described the determination concern arsenic "very alarming," Ushakov said, but acknowledged the "effectiveness" of Israel's strikes connected targets successful Iran.
The leaders did not regularisation retired a imaginable instrumentality to negotiations connected the Iranian atomic program, according to Ushakov.
According to Ushakov, Putin told Mr. Trump astir the implementation of the agreements during bid talks successful Istanbul betwixt the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, including the speech of prisoners of war.
Mr. Trump said that Putin is moving guardant with the planned captive swap.
"He is doing the planned captive swaps - ample numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from some sides."
"Our president noted that an speech of prisoners of warfare is taking place, including earnestly wounded and prisoners of warfare nether 25 years of age," Ushakov said, on with expressing readiness to proceed negotiations with the Ukrainians.
Mr. Trump, helium said, "noted his involvement successful a speedy extremity to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict."
The leaders past spoke on June 4 for implicit an hour, wherever they discussed Putin's plans to respond to Ukraine's drone onslaught connected Russian aerial bases. Mr. Trump posted immoderate details from the speech connected his Truth Social relationship and said they besides discussed Iran.
Before that, Mr. Trump's last known telephone call with Putin was successful May and lasted 2 hours.
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