Egypt Daily News – On Friday, the Kremlin called on the United States to begin nuclear disarmament negotiations “as soon as possible,” days after Donald Trump assumed the US presidency.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “It is in our interest to begin the negotiation process as quickly as possible,” considering that “the ball is in the court of the Americans, who have suspended all basic contacts” in this regard with Moscow.
An invitation from Putin
The Kremlin also said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “ready” to speak with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, and is awaiting “signs” from Washington. Dmitry Peskov explained to reporters that “Putin is ready. We are waiting for signals” from the United States, and rejected what Trump said that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine could be ended by reducing Russian oil prices, stressing that “this conflict is not dependent on oil prices.”
“It is in our immediate interest in the negotiation process as soon as possible,” Peskov said, saying that “the ball in the stadium of Americans who suspended all basic communications” in this regard with Moscow, noting at the same time that the United States has succeeded in undermining the basis of the treaty, and has lost a lot of time.
Donald Trump’s threats to force Moscow to end the war with Ukraine have upset some Russian politicians and nationalists who say Trump’s tactics bode ill for reaching an agreement, describing them as “disrespectful,” “insulting,” and “uninformed.” “.
Trump said on Wednesday that he would likely impose new sanctions, taxes and customs databases on Russia, which he said is its economy, and that it will also impose sanctions on Moscow allies, unless President Vladimir Putin reached an agreement with him “soon” to end the conflict.
In an apparently attempt to balance his threat to courtesy, Trump said that it should not be forgotten that Russia had helped the United States win the Second World War, and he made a mistake that the Soviet Union lost 60 million people in that conflict contrary to the estimates of the Russian authorities, which said that the number reached 26.6 million people.
