Putin tells Trump that Moscow is open for dialogue

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



DECEMBER 30, 2018 / 4:38 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Vladimir Soldatkin
3 MIN READ

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in a New Year letter on Sunday that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a “wide-ranging agenda”, the Kremlin said following a series of failed attempts to hold a new summit.

At the end of November, Trump abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Putin on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Argentina, citing tensions about Russian forces opening fire on Ukrainian navy boats and then seizing them.

Trump and Putin also failed to hold a full-fledged meeting in Paris on the sidelines of the centenary commemoration of the Armistice. The two leaders held their one and only summit in Helsinki in July.

“Vladimir Putin stressed that the (Russia - United States) relations are the most important factor for providing strategic stability and international security,” a Kremlin statement said.



Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-dialogue/putin-in-new-year-letter-to-trump-says-moscow-is-open-for-dialogue-idUSKCN1OT07W

[agingdem]

1. dialogue?

more of a monologue...putin speaks trump bends over

[Turbineguy]

2. Dialogue:

Do all rooms in your new condo need gold leaf?

[watoos]

3. I'm pretty sure they already have back channel dialogues.

Didn't Jared get caught trying to set up a secure back channel with Kislyack in the Russian embassy?

[Golden Raisin]

4. Formal Annual Performance Evaluation by Putin.

[dalton99a]

5. They are already in dialogue

[onetexan]

6. the Russian handler's cue to his idiot puppet to be ready for his next marching orders

[sarcasmo]

7. This is code for, your handler expects a phone call.

[sakabatou]

8. Dialogue? More like take orders