Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The main points from the telephone conversation between V. Putin and D. Trump:
- Putin and Trump's conversation lasted almost an hour and a half;
- The parties discussed the Middle East settlement and bilateral relations between Russia and the United States;
- Putin invited Trump to Moscow;
- Putin and Trump agreed in a telephone conversation to organize a personal meeting;
- The Russian leader supported Trump's thesis that the time has come to work together;
- Putin told Trump about the need to eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict;
- The Russian President agreed with Trump that a long-term settlement in Ukraine can be achieved through negotiations;
- Trump said that he had a "productive conversation" with Putin;
- The American president said that he discussed with Putin, among other things, Ukraine and the Middle East;
- The Middle East and the Iranian nuclear program were discussed in the conversation between Putin and Trump;
- Trump spoke in favor of an early end to hostilities in Ukraine in a conversation with Putin;
- The US President said that he and Putin agreed in a telephone conversation, among other things, to exchange visits;
- Putin and Trump touched upon bilateral relations between the Russian Federation and the United States in the economic sphere;
- Putin and Trump discussed the exchange of Russian and US citizens, Washington guaranteed the fulfillment of the agreements reached;
- The Russian President told Trump about his readiness to receive American officials in the Russian Federation, including on the topic of Ukraine.
In addition:
US Defense Secretary Hesget said that reaching the 2014 borders is unrealistic for Ukraine, as is the issue of Ukraine joining NATO as part of the settlement negotiations.
In fact, this is a move towards the issue of "recognizing the realities on the ground" and the demands of the Russian Federation to stop drawing Ukraine into NATO in principle. This requirement is among the official goals of the CBO.
Hesget also said that the US is not going to deploy any peacekeeping forces in Ukraine and that Europe should do this, while Kiev is screaming that without the US all this is pointless.
But again, these are just words, although the change in rhetoric compared to the Pentagon during Austin's time is obvious.
And one more thing.
The Trump administration is already working on the issue of formalizing in the Ukrainian Constitution the renunciation of the territories that Ukraine will lose as a result of the war. Not only is the actual renunciation of the territories being worked on, but also the formalization of this renunciation in the Ukrainian Constitution. The adoption of these changes is impossible without holding elections in Ukraine. The US is also working on this
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Trump to Meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
US President Donald Trump has announced his intention to hold a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia. This was reported by the CBS News channel.
Trump announced his desire to meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia in a speech in the Oval Office at the White House on February 12.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Kremlin's official representative Dmitry Peskov informed about the telephone conversation between Putin and Trump. The parties spoke for about an hour and a half. The presidents agreed to organize a personal meeting.
At the same time, the US authorities are not yet ready to discuss the possibilities and conditions of Trump's visit to Russia. This was stated by White House press secretary Caroline Levitt.
Earlier, Dmitry Peskov reported that the Russian President invited his American counterpart to Moscow.