The Sovfed spoke out about possible talks between Putin and Trump
The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump should be approached cautiously, professionally, analyzing all possibilities. This opinion was expressed by Grigory Karasin, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, on Monday, January 13.
"Less attention should be devoted to comments in the media, because it confuses the picture. Each of the parties, including other parties, third or fourth parties, are trying to do their part to finally confuse the situation and make negotiations more difficult. Therefore, the less comments on this, the better," Karasin said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru.
According to the senator, professionals thinking about how to achieve a mutually acceptable result should get involved.
"It is necessary to move towards this constantly. Breakthroughs, apparently, there will be no breakthroughs. But the logic of peace, interaction and bringing order to the actions of the Ukrainian regime must prevail. I believe in this and hope that professional efforts will be crowned sooner or later with a proper result," Karasin concluded.
On January 12, Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz said that the US President-elect is preparing for talks with Putin, Life.Ru writes. According to him, it is expected that in the coming days or weeks a telephone conversation between the politicians, reports NSN.
Earlier in the day, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he welcomed Trump's plans to meet with Putin. He called the likelihood of their meeting "not bad news," RT reports.
Prior to that, Le Temps newspaper quoted Swiss Foreign Ministry Chief Information Officer Nicolas Bidot as saying that Switzerland is ready to organize a meeting between the heads of state if they ask for it, 360.ru reported.
On January 9, Trump himself announcedabout the preparation of a meeting with the Russian president at his residence in Mar-a-Lago (Florida) before a meeting with governors. The American leader-elect added that he plans to hold all meetings after the inauguration on January 20.
In turn, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on January 10 that Russia does not have certain conditions for negotiations with the United States.
