“We can cooperate on North Korea, on Afghanistan and also on other issues, we can also talk about strategic dialogue. I hope that we will be able to talk with you about this so that the whole world benefits from this, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

In turn, the Russian leader noted that in the course of negotiations with Pompeo he intends to discuss issues of stability of world energy markets.

“We know that the United States is becoming, has already become, the largest oil producer, in this sense we also have something to talk about in terms of stability in the global energy markets,” he said.

Putin noted that during a recent telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, he had the impression that the American President was set to restore relations between the two countries.