According to AFP, on February 16, US President Donald Trump said he could meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "very soon", and believed that Mr. Putin really wanted to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Asked for an update on the possibility of an upcoming meeting between the two leaders in Saudi Arabia, Mr Trump said: "No date has been set, but it could be very soon."
At the initiative of the United States, the heads of the US and Russian State Departments recently held a phone conversation.
According to the announcement of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Marco Rubio affirmed their readiness to restore mutually respectful dialogue, agreed on regular contacts, including preparations for the meeting between Putin and Trump; agreed to maintain a communication channel to resolve outstanding issues in relations between the two countries; discussed measures to end the policy of tightening working conditions of Russian diplomatic missions in the US initiated by former President Barack Obama.
The two sides also agreed to hold a meeting of experts to coordinate steps to remove common obstacles in the work of Russian and US foreign missions, affirming their commitment to cooperation on current international issues, including Ukraine and the Middle East.
On February 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump had a phone call that lasted nearly an hour and a half. The leaders discussed many issues, including resolving the situation in Ukraine./.
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