Kremlin Regrets Cancellation of Putin-Trump Talks

TEHRAN (defapress) - The Kremlin regrets the US administration’s decision to cancel a meeting between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

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Date: 30 November 2018 - 12:55

"We regret the US administration’s decision to cancel the planned meeting between the two presidents in Buenos Aires," he said. "This means that a discussion on important issues on the bilateral and international agenda is being postponed indefinitely."

"As far as Russian President Vladimir Putin is concerned, he is ready for contacts with his US counterpart," the Kremlin spokesman added.

Meanwhile, a high-ranking official of the White House’s National Security Council told TASS that Washington had formally notified Russia about Trump’s decision.

The official replied positively to a question on whether the White House has notified the Russian side in accordance with the established official procedure, but gave no further details.

US President Donald Trump wrote in a Twitter post on Thursday evening that he decided to cancel a bilateral meeting with the Russian president on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires due to the recent incident in the Kerch Strait. The announcement, in fact, was contrary to the US president’s own statement made about an hour earlier, when he told reporters that the talks were not terminated and "it’s a very good time to have a meeting."

Earlier, Trump said his the final decision would depend on a report from his advisors on national security and foreign policy regarding the incident in the Kerch Strait.

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