Trump has linked the abolition of sanctions against Russia with a reduction in nuclear weapons

The elected US President Donald Trump did not rule out the abolition of some sanctions against Russia. In an interview with The Times, he admitted that "it may turn out so that many people would win."

At the same time, Trump has blessed the abolition of sanctions with the conclusion of a nuclear transaction with Russia. "You have sanctions against Russia - let's see if we can reach a couple of good deals with Russia," Trump said. At the same time, he explained that for him the priority in building relations with Moscow will be the issue of containing nuclear potential.

“On the one hand, I believe that nuclear weapons should be much less and it needs to be significantly reduced,” he said. “But there are sanctions from which Russia is currently suffering.” “But I think you can do something so that many have benefited,” the elected president of the United States added, without specifying exactly how he intends to link these two questions.

Trump also negatively appreciated the actions of Russia in Syria in an interview. According to him, the intervention of Moscow led to a "terrible humanitarian situation" in the country. The United States had the opportunity to do something, but now "too late", Trump believes.

The elected president of the United States also touched the situation in Europe, noting that the German Open Chancellor Policy Angels Merkel became a “catastrophic mistake.” I respect Merkel, ”he said.“ But I consider it a great misfortune of what happened, ”Trump added, noting that he does not want to" be in a similar situation. "

“I don’t know her and never met her. I have the feeling that she is an outstanding leader, but I think that she made a catastrophic mistake, allowing all these illegal immigrants to enter the country,” Trump emphasized. “No one knows where they come from at all,” he added. “I am of the opinion that she made a catastrophic mistake, a very serious mistake.”

Russia has not yet given assessments of the initiative of the elected President of the United States Donald Trump, said spokesman for Russian president Dmitry Peskov. As RBC reports , he called for "be patience" and wait for Trump's official entry as an official entry.

"Let's find patience, wait for the moment of Mr. Trump's entry of the current president, and then we will give assessments to one or another initiatives," Peskov said.

On the eve of The Sunday Times reported that Donald Trump intends to meet with Vladimir Putin in Reykjavik in the first weeks after taking office. The topic of the meeting, according to the publication, should be an agreement on the reduction of nuclear arsenals.

A trip to Reykjavik, reports The Sunday Times, should be the first foreign visit of Trump. The publication writes that the Russian side has already agreed to the meeting. At the same time, two information about the meeting, not named by the name of adviser Trump, denied the meeting.