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Doubts about the American dream
Russian-American relations cannot be free from contradictions and disagreements. About this Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov in an interview with the Vesti on Saturday, Interfax reports .
"Probably, a big mistake to indulge in some illusions regarding our future relations in the sense that the future of our bilateral relations will be free from contradictions and disagreements. This cannot be," Peskov said. “We are really the two largest countries in the world, and we cannot exist without friction, we cannot clash interests.”
According to Peskov, Vladimir Putin is expected to congratulate Donald Trump on the phone in the near future on the post of President of the United States. The press secretary noted that "this is a protocol need."
Peskov also emphasized that there is no agreement on the meeting of Putin and Trump.
Peskov called the "position of absolute blindness" the actions of the former American administration on the Ukrainian problem. "This position is not constructive. In which channel it will change, how it will transform, whether the new modality of the US position in Ukraine will contribute to settlement, we will see you very soon," the press secretary said.
On Friday, Peskov refused to confirm the information that representatives of the Russian president held the first consultations with representatives of Trump. “I cannot confirm it,” the press secretary said.
On January 15, The Sunday Times reported that Trump intends to meet with 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, reported The Sunday Times, should be the first foreign visit of Trump. The publication noted that the Russian side has already agreed to the meeting.
On the same day, the official representative of the elected president of the United States, Sean Spicer, denied this message. “This is not true. The news is one hundred percent false,” Spicer wrote.