Kremlin called the date of Putin's conversation with Trump

The first telephone conversation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump is scheduled for January 28. According to Interfax, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov reported this.

Earlier, CNN, citing a statement by an official from the US Presidential Administration, said that the conversation between Putin and Trump was scheduled for Saturday. Peskov confirmed this information.

Prior to this, Trump in an interview with Fox News said that in the near future he could talk with Putin . "He called me when I won the election. After that we did not talk. I think we will talk soon," Trump said.

According to Trump, he will strive to establish good relations with Russia, as it is beneficial to both countries. "We must establish relations with Russia, as with others. Perhaps we will not succeed, but we will try," he said.

According to the US president, warming between Washington and Moscow will allow you to cooperate in the fight against extremists. “Together we will be knocked out of the IG,” said Trump. “Because the IG is a real disease. Everything about the IG is an infection.”

“We will get along with everyone, if we can, not only with Russia,” Trump added. At the same time, he stated that an improvement in relations may not occur. “But we need to try,” the American leader emphasized.

In an interview, Trump touched on the topic of US relations and with other states. In particular, he said that he had already talked on the phone with the leaders of the PRC, India and Pakistan. When asked how to normalize the connections between the United States and Israel, Trump replied: "They are already restored." He explained that this happened immediately after the change of administration. “We have a good relationship. We treated Israel very poorly,” the president added.

The president also assured that the United States "will have a very, very good relationship with Egypt." At the same time, he refused to answer the question of his attitude to Saudi Arabia. “I hope that I will be able to get along with everyone, but it is possible that I will not succeed. In some countries, many funds were spent on spreading radical ideas among people, I don’t like it,” Trump 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.