MOSCOW, Russia: The Kremlin on Tuesday said that United States (US) President, Donald Trump, made no ceasefire request to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during their phone talks on Monday.
He also did not set a new date for trilateral Russia-Ukraine-US contacts, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, stated that Moscow is grateful to Washington for its mediation efforts in the Ukrainian settlement and is interested in continuing the process.
“President Putin highly appreciates these mediation efforts; we are grateful for this and are interested in this process continuing,” Peskov said.
Peskov added that Trump did not ask for a ceasefire in Ukraine before a full settlement, despite reports that Kyiv needs a pause to help Arab states counter Iran’s drone attacks.
“Such conditions were not set,” he said. “This has already been stated repeatedly. All the modalities related to a ceasefire are already well understood.”
The topic of partially lifting US sanctions on Russian oil exports was not discussed in detail, he added.
“No, this topic was not discussed in detail,” Peskov said.
“The actions taken by the US, meaning the restrictions on oil, are related to attempts to stabilise the situation on global energy markets against the backdrop of the situation in the Persian Gulf,” Peskov said. – BERNAMA-ANADOLU
