Kremlin: Putin to speak by phone with Trump on Tuesday

Dmitry Solovyov
Reuters
Tue, 02 May 2017 19:37 UTC

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A combination of file photos showing Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, January 15, 2016 and U.S. President Donald Trump posing for a photo in New York City, U.S., May 17, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will speak by phone on Tuesday, RIA news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.

Trump will speak with Putin on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT, the White House said on Monday night.

A senior Trump administration official said the two leaders would likely discuss the civil war in Syria, where Moscow backs the government of Bashar al-Assad and the United States supports rebels trying to overthrow him.

Comment: The Russian President Vladimir Putin's Tuesday agenda includes a telephone conversation with his US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

"Yes, we confirm that," the Russian presidential spokesman said when asked to comment on reports about such a conversation, which cited White House sources.

Putin, Trump speak by phone, discuss Syria, N.Korea - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, held a phone call in which they have agreed to cooperate on promoting diplomatic progress in dealing with tensions on the Korean peninsula and in Syria, according to the Kremlin.

"Vladimir Putin has called for restraint and decreasing of the level of tensions" on the Korean peninsula, the statement said. "It has been agreed to work jointly on a diplomatic solution that will settle the crisis."

Putin and Trump have spoken about coordinating Russia's and US efforts aimed against terrorism in Syria, the statement adds.

Putin and Trump have decided to "activate the dialogue between the heads of the foreign ministries of both countries who will seek variants to secure the ceasefire regime, stabilize it and control it," the statement says.

"The goal is to create the background that would help launch a real peace process in Syria. This means that Russia's foreign minister and the US secretary of state would inform their leaders about progress in this regard."