{"id":26801,"date":"2025-01-25T07:43:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T07:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=26801"},"modified":"2025-01-25T07:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T07:43:43","slug":"putin-ready-for-negotiations-with-trump-on-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2025\/01\/putin-ready-for-negotiations-with-trump-on-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin \u2018ready for negotiations\u2019 with Trump on Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to discuss the war in Ukraine with his US counterpart Donald Trump and suggested it would be a good idea for them to meet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his first comments since Trump issued threats to inflict economic damage on Russia if it failed to end the war in\u00a0Ukraine, Putin struck a favourable tone towards the US president.<\/p>\n

Putin told a Russian state TV journalist: \u201cWe believe the current president\u2019s statements about his readiness to work together. We are always open to this and ready for negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be better for us to meet, based on the realities of today, to talk calmly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putin went on to describe his relationship with Trump as \u201cbusinesslike, pragmatic and trustworthy\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added that negotiating with Ukraine was complicated by the fact that its president,\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy, had signed a decree preventing him from conducting talks with Putin, reported Guardian.<\/p>\n

In what seems to be an effort to court Trump\u2019s favour, Putin echoed the US president\u2019s claim that he would have prevented the war starting in Ukraine in 2022, and parroted Trump\u2019s debunked assertion that the 2020 US elections were \u201cstolen\u201d from him.<\/p>\n

In the days since his inauguration, Trump has repeatedly called for a swift resolution to the war in Ukraine, now nearing its third year, and has expressed his readiness to meet Putin \u201cimmediately\u201d.<\/p>\n

In his nightly video address late on Friday, Zelenskyy said that Putin was seeking to \u201cmanipulate\u201d Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is trying to manipulate the US president\u2019s desire to achieve peace. I am confident that no Russian manipulations will succeed any longer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s attempts to persuade Putin to negotiate have been reinforced by threats to escalate pressure on Russia\u2019s already strained economy, including introducing sanctions and tariffs, if Moscow fails to \u201cmake a deal\u201d to end the war.<\/p>\n

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Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday evening, Trump called on Opec to push down global oil prices as a way to hit a vital stream of revenue for the Kremlin.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cRight now the price is high enough that that war will continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Oil and gas revenues have been Russia\u2019s most important source of cash, accounting for a third to a half of federal budget proceeds over the past decade.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n

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