Putin and Trump did not discuss lifting sanctions – Peskov

Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump did not discuss the possibility of cancelling anti-Russian sanctions. This was reported by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, he was quoted by RBC.

 

‘You know our attitude to the sanctions. We consider them illegal, violating all trade rules,’ Dmitry Peskov said.

The spokesman emphasised that Russia is opposed to these sanctions, but this topic has not yet been ‘raised’.

We will remind, earlier the press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump during a telephone conversation agreed to instruct aides to immediately start working out their meeting.