A Kremlin spokesman did not rule out that US presidents and Russia can talk again on the phone, but clarified that there are no current plans for it. Both countries prepare new conversations at expert level, added the spokesman.
The Kremlin said Wednesday that preparations were being made for conversations at the expert level between Russia and the United States to follow up on a high -level meeting last week and a previous call between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov reiterated that there was an understanding for Trump and Putin to meet in person after a thorough preparation, but said there were still no details about when and where it would happen.
He said that the two leaders could speak on the phone again if necessary, but that there were no current plans for it.
“Contacts are being prepared at the expert level through Foreign Affairs Ministries,” said Peskov, without giving more details.
Trump has expressed his desire to achieve fire in war between Russia and Ukraine as soon as possible. His rapid movements to repair relations with Moscow, investing the policy of the previous government of Joe Biden, have raised fears in kyiv and among their European allies that they can be left out.
This week, Putin moderated the expectations of a quick agreement on Ukraine, stating that contacts between the United States and Russia would initially focus on repairing confidence between Moscow and Washington.
Peskov declined to comment on an alleged agreement on minerals between the United States and Ukraine that, according to Trump, would allow the US taxpayer to recover the money that Washington has provided to Ukraine in the course of the war.
The Kremlin spokesman referred to the reports that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, would visit Trump on Friday. “If it will be (to sign) the aforementioned agreement or something else, we will see it. There have not yet been official statements about it,” he said.
A source familiar with the content of the agreement draft told Reuters on Tuesday that it does not specify any United States security guarantee or the continuous flow of weapons, but says that the US wants Ukraine to be “free, sovereign and safe.”