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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President-elect Donald Trump has instructed his aides to arrange a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin within few days after his inauguration, media reported, citing informed sources.
According to the broadcaster, the topic of the conversation will be a possibility of a personal meeting between the politicians in the coming months with the goal of trying to end the war in Ukraine.
It is not yet clear whether a date for the conversation has been agreed upon, the channel added.
Earlier in January, Trump’s National Security Advisor Designate Mike Waltz said that US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin may hold a phone conversation in the coming days or weeks.
