The Kremlin has commented on the position of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said that a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump is the only chance to resolve the war in Ukraine.

Source : Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, as quoted by the Russian news outlet Interfax 

Details : Peskov was asked whether the Kremlin shared Rubio's view that a meeting between Putin and Trump was the only way to achieve a breakthrough in the settlement of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

The Kremlin spokesman said that contacts between Putin and Trump were "extremely important in the context of the Ukrainian settlement" [as he referred to the war – ed.].

"We certainly agree with this thesis. Its significance cannot be overestimated," Peskov said.

He added that a meeting at the highest level must be prepared and "it must be productive".

"Such a meeting is definitely necessary, both from the point of view of bilateral Russian-American relations and from the point of view of serious talks at the highest level on international issues and regional problems, including, of course, the crisis around Ukraine," Peskov said.

Background :

• US President Donald Trump said on 16 May that he would meet with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin as soon as it was possible to organise a meeting.
• On 15 May, Trump said that a peaceful settlement of the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine could not happen without his meeting with Putin.

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