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Putin on Trump victory:
Russia is ready to restore relations with US
Published
time: 9 Nov, 2016 08:39Edited time: 9 Nov, 2016 12:17
Russia
is ready and looks forward to restoring bilateral relations with the United
States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, commenting on the news of Donald
Trump's victory in the US presidential election.
“We heard [Trump's]
campaign rhetoric while still a candidate for the US presidency, which was
focused on restoring the relations between Russia and the United States,” President Putin said, speaking at the
presentation ceremony of foreign ambassadors' letters of credentials in Moscow.
Russian
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has also expressed hope that Trump’s
victory in the presidential election will help pave the way for a more
constructive dialogue between Moscow and Washington.
“The current US-Russian relations cannot be
called friendly. Hopefully, with the new US president a more constructive
dialogue will be possible between our countries,” he said.
“The Russian Parliament will welcome and support
any steps in this direction,”
Volodin added on Wednesday.
Commenting
on Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia will judge the new US administration by its
actions and take appropriate steps in response.
“We are ready to
work with any US leader elected by the US people,” the minister said on Wednesday.
“I can’t say that
all the previous US leaders were always predictable. This is life, this is
politics. I have heard many words but we will judge by actions.”
According
to many observers, US-Russia relations are now at their lowest point since the
Cold War. Putin has repeatedly noted that the worsening of Russia’s relations
with the US “was not our
choice,” however.
For
things to improve between Moscow and Washington, the US should first and
foremost start acting like an equal partner and respect Russia’s interests
rather than try to dictate terms, Putin said last month.
The
US will have to negotiate with Russia on finding solutions to international
issues as no state is now able to act alone, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov said last week, adding that problems in bilateral relations began to
mount long before the Ukrainian crisis broke out in 2014.
INTERNET SOURCE: https://www.rt.com/news/365966-putin-trump-congratulates-victory/
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