Donald Trump explained the need to establish relations with Russia

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MOSCOW, March 22 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. US President Donald Trump commented on the reaction of the US media, who earlier criticized him for a telephone conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. According to him, it is necessary to establish relations with Russia to solve many key issues.

I called Russian President Putin to congratulate him on winning the election - in the past (US President Barack) Obama also called him. Fake media go crazy, because they wanted me to criticize him. They are wrong! Getting along with Russia and others is good, not bad, "Trump wrote in a microblog on Twitter.

The American leader also explained why the US and Russia need to establish cooperation.

They (Russia) can help solve problems with North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, IG *, Iran and even with the ongoing arms race, "Trump stressed.

The US President also expressed his opinion on the predecessors and their approaches to improving relations with Russia.

"Bush was trying to build a relationship, but he did not have the cunning." Obama and Clinton also acted in this way, but they lacked strength, there was no individual approach. "Remember at least about the" reset, "Trump added.

Contents of the conversation

Earlier, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov revealed details of the conversation between Putin and Trump.

In particular, Peskov noted the constructiveness and business character of the conversation between the leaders of the two countries. The American president congratulated Putin on winning the presidential election.

Also, the leaders of Russia and the United States called for a personal meeting because of the accumulated problematic issues, but no concrete dates were set for such a summit. Both sides recognized the need to develop cooperation in matters of strategic stability and combating terrorism.

In addition, Putin and Trump discussed the intra-Ukrainian conflict, the situation in Syria, as well as other problems of world politics.

Also, the leaders of the two countries touched upon the idea of ​​holding a summit of the United States and the DPRK. According to the Russian presidential press secretary, the topic was touched upon, but there was no talk of Russia providing a platform for the summit. However, Putin told Trump that Moscow is ready to contribute to the settlement process on the Korean peninsula.

"Ultimately, the interests of Russia and the United States converge here, some disagreements on methodology and tactics are possible, but there is only one strategic goal, it can not be different: we are all interested in denuclearization and peaceful and political settlement on the Korean peninsula," Peskov stressed.

In turn, the US president positively commented on the conversation with his Russian counterpart, calling the conversation "very good."

In addition, Trump said that in the near future he could meet with Putin. The politician is going to discuss in particular the "arms race".

"You know that he (Putin) said that it is not a good thing to participate in the arms race, we will spend more than $ 700 billion ($) on rearmament this year." We continue to strengthen and stronger than any other country, and (we) will not allow anyone even get close to what we have, "- said the US president.

The leaders of Russia and the United States personally met twice. In July, the presidents held full-fledged talks during the G20 summit in Hamburg, discussing the problems of bilateral relations, the Syrian and Ukrainian crises. In November, Putin and Trump talked "on their feet" at the APEC summit in Danang. During the meeting, they approved a joint statement on Syria. After that, the heads of state spoke on the phone several times.

Criticism

The American public reacted harshly to Trump and Putin's telephone conversation, during which the American leader congratulated the Russian president on winning the election. In particular, Senator John McCain said that Trump "insulted every Russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in free and fair elections in order to determine the future of his country."

"The American president is not a leader of the free world, congratulating dictators on winning false elections," McCain added.

In addition, Trump's advisers also recommended that he not congratulate Putin on winning the election. As the newspaper The Washington Post writes, in the instructions received by the US president there was an inscription in capital letters "Do not congratulate". Trump was also advised to condemn a recent incident in the British Salisbury, where a former GRU officer, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter were poisoned. However, the American leader ignored the advice.

Subsequently, Axios portal referring to representatives of the White House said that the US President was enraged by the fact that the media got information about instructions not to congratulate Putin on winning the election. One of the interlocutors also explained why Trump congratulated the Russian leader.

"Trump is such a person, if he has someone to deal with, he is working with you somehow, he will congratulate you," he said.

Ex-head of the CIA, John Brennan, in turn, expressed the opinion that this "warm attitude" of Trump to the Russian leader is due to the fact that Russia has "something" for the US president. However, the White House called nonsense "accusations against the president that he was supposedly too soft with Moscow.

The reaction of Russia

Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Bondarev, commenting on the telephone conversation between Russian and American leaders, called for not exaggerating or attributing non-existent meanings.

In turn, State Duma deputy Sergei Zheleznyak criticized US Senator John McCain for trying to deepen the crisis in relations between Russia and the US in words to Trump after his talk with Putin.

The conversation between the two presidents gave a positive reaction to the head of the Duma Defense Committee Vladimir Shamanov, who expressed hope for the continuation of the dialogue.

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