Russia 'remains open' to Putin-Trump summit: Kremlin
28 March 2018 5:15 PM GMT
Moscow: The Kremlin said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin was still ready to hold a summit with US counterpart Donald Trump despite the mass Western expulsions of Russian diplomats in a spy row.
"This depends on the American side, but the Russian side remains open," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"Putin is ready and the Russian side is ready for mutually beneficial and mutually trustful relations with all countries including the US to the extent that our opponents or partners are ready for this," Peskov added.
He added that Russia currently had no information about Trump's readiness to meet with Putin following Washington's decision to expel more than 60 diplomats.
At least 25 countries decided to expel Russian diplomats in response to the March 4 attack on former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury. London and its allies have blamed Moscow, citing the use of a Soviet-designed nerve agent dubbed Novichok, Russia's record of targeting dissidents and its history of aggression in recent years, from Crimea to
cyber-attacks.
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