Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that Moscow has not yet received any signals from the United States about preparing a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
"We have not received any signals from the Americans so far", Peskov said. "In all likelihood, some time is needed", he noted, adding that Russia remains ready to organize such a meeting. Peskov said Moscow was clear that Washington was still interested in a meeting between Putin and Trump.
The Russian president said on Friday that the two men should meet to discuss the war in Ukraine and energy prices, issues the US president raised in his first days in office.
Peskov also welcomed the victory of Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential election in Belarus. Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, received 86.8 percent of the vote in a vote that European politicians say was neither free nor fair. Peskov dismissed the criticism.