Putin held a telephone conversation with Trump

Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with the elected US President Donald Trump. This was reported on the Kremlin website.

It is claimed that the interlocutors agreed that the current state of Russian-American relations is "extremely unsatisfactory" and "active joint work is necessary to normalize and remove constructive interaction on the widest circle of issues." In particular, the need to develop trade and economic ties was emphasized.

Putin and Trump also agreed that for both countries the number one enemy is “international terrorism and extremism”. "In this vein, the issues of resolving the crisis in Syria were also discussed," the Kremlin says.

The Russian leader assured Trump in his readiness to "build a partnership dialogue with the new administration on the principles of equality, mutual respect and non -interference in each other's internal affairs."

It was decided to continue conversations on the phone, and in the future to hold a personal meeting.

On Friday, Trump said in an interview that he received a “excellent letter” from Putin , but did not specify the contents of the message. Then he reported plans to talk in the near future with the Russian leader on the phone.

During the election campaign, Trump declared sympathy for the Russian leader and intention to improve relations with him. So, on October 18, he said that in case of victory in the election, he was ready to meet with Putin before the inauguration . “I think it would be wonderful,” Trump remarked.

Meanwhile, after the election of Trump, a number of European politicians called him to take a tough position against Russia .