President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday spoke highly of the outcome regarding Russia-U.S. talks in Saudi Arabia, reaffirming Russia’s stance whilst clarifying that Ukraine would not be excluded from future strategies toward peace.
"Without increasing the level of trust between Russia and the United States, it is impossible to resolve many issues, including the Ukrainian crisis," Putin said in his first comments on Tuesday's meeting in Riyadh.
"The goal of this meeting was precisely to increase trust between Russia and the United States."
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"Without increasing the level of trust between Russia and the United States, it is impossible to resolve many issues, including the Ukrainian crisis," Putin said in his first comments on Tuesday's meeting in Riyadh.
"The goal of this meeting was precisely to increase trust between Russia and the United States."
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00:00In general, as I was told, it was very kind. As our participants told me, on the American side, there were completely different people who were open to the negotiation process without any prejudice, without any condemnation of what was done in the past.
00:25In any case, there were no bilateral contacts, but they were open to joint work.
00:33The goal and subject of our negotiations was to restore Russian-American relations.
00:39Someone wants to be an intermediary between Russia and the United States. This is probably an excessive demand.
00:47The most important thing in resolving all very acute issues, including the Ukrainian settlement, is that without increasing the level of trust between Russia and the United States, it is impossible to solve many issues, including the Ukrainian crisis.
01:07As for the negotiation process, during a telephone conversation, President Trump told me, and I can confirm this, that, of course, the United States assumes that the negotiation process will take place with Russia and Ukraine.
01:23No one excludes Ukraine from this process. Therefore, there is no reason for such a reaction to the Russian-American meeting.