“We have a lot of disagreement with him. Under his administration, a huge number of sanctions were imposed against Russia, with which, of course, we do not agree, we will never agree, and we believe that this is counterproductive. But if the dialogue between the United States and Russia is resumed, full-fledged, equal in rights, including on issues that are of interest to us and to all mankind on disarmament issues, we will only be glad of this, we are ready for this, ”he said. .
As the head of state stressed, the disagreements concern international issues, “resolving some crises”.
“But we also have elements of cooperation. This is how we would not approach the solution of the Syrian crisis differently, but nevertheless there is cooperation there, we work together. We have common problems in the Arctic, by the way, for the solution of which and the discussion of which we have gathered here. The United States has many interests there - in the Arctic zone, ”he added.
Putin also noted issues related to "climate change in general."
“We know that the US has not signed the Paris Agreement. And the administration has its reasons, its own logic, I am not one of those people who believe that it is necessary in this connection to attack the current administration, but simply to engage in dialogue. Then you can try to find a common solution, ”the president said.
Earlier, Trump said he expects to improve relations between the United States and Russia.
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