“Bloomberg has learned that US President Donald Trump asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin to help communicate with Iran about his nuclear program and support anti -American groups in the region.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Bloomberg with reference to sources
Details: According to the newspaper, Trump raised the issue during a telephone conversation with Putin in February. A few days later, high -ranking officials from his administration discussed this issue with Russian representatives during a meeting in Saudi Arabia.
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Bloomberg enforces that Official Washington has not commented on this information currently, and Moscow and Tehran have not confirmed or denied the message.
At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in response to a request from Bloomberg, stated that “Russia believes that the United States and Iran should solve all the problems by negotiating” and “ready to do everything in its power.”
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran, Esmael Baga, during a press conference to the question whether Russia suggested that the mediator between Iran and the USA said that “naturally, when countries express their willingness to help with important issues.”
“Given the importance of these issues, it is possible that many parties will demonstrate good will and willingness to help solve various problems,” he said.
That preceded: The Russian-American talks in Riyadh on February 18 lasted 4.5 hours. According to the Russian side, Moscow and Washington will work to create the conditions for meeting Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine will not participate in negotiations in Saudi Arabia and will not recognize any agreement on Ukraine without the participation of official Kiev.