Article originally appeared on www.zerohedge.com.
The Kremlin side has confirmed that a Putin-Trump summit is on the way, following yesterday’s phone call, revealed to have been an hour-and-a-half in length. Crucially the two leaders agreed to begin negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine.
A Thursday report in Russia’s state RT strikes a glowing and enthusiastic tone: “It is hard to overestimate the significance of the recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.”
Prior Helsinki summit, via Anadolu Agency
Peskov had further said following the “very important conversation” Wednesday that each side is now organizing the groundwork for a summit. It further involved the presidents extending invitations to visit each other’s countries.
“They will focus on a separate meeting; they also agreed that instructions would be immediately given to the relevant assistants so that they would begin the relevant work,” Peskov …
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