The Kremlin said it “absolutely” agreed with the US administration after President Donald Trump urged his Ukrainian counterpart to “move fast” to end the conflict.
Trump has made repeated diplomatic overtures to the Kremlin, reaching out to Vladimir Putin while throwing insults at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In a scathing post on Wednesday, Trump called Zelensky a “dictator” while echoing the Kremlin on several issues linked to the conflict, deepening a rift that has triggered alarm in Europe.
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“They (the Trump administration) talk about the need to establish peace as soon as possible and do it through negotiations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
“We have also already mentioned that this position is more favourable to us than the previous administration, and that here we absolutely agree with the American administration,” Peskov said.
Peskov said the two sides had agreed to resume dialogue on all issues, including prisoner exchanges, after officials from the two countries held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
“It was decided to start resuming Russian-American dialogue on all parameters,” Peskov said.
Trump has upended US foreign policy since coming to office last month, calling for support for Ukraine to be dependent on access to its rare minerals while ending his predecessor Joe Biden’s policy of isolating Russia.
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(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
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