(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 18, 2025 shows President Donald Trump (L) on the phone on January 28, 2017 in Washington, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) on the phone Moscow on December 27, 2023. The Kremlin said a highly-anticipated phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will take place between 1300 GMT and 1500 GMT on March 18, 2025 and that the pair will discuss Ukraine and the “normalisation” of US-Russian ties. (Photo by Drew ANGERER and Gavriil GRIGOROV / various sources / AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he would speak with US counterpart Donald Trump on the phone Thursday, their first publicly announced call in over two weeks.
The two have been in regular contact since Trump took office in January and have discussed issues like the Ukraine conflict and economic cooperation.
Putin did not say what the two would discuss in Thursday’s call.
“I will talk to the US president today,” the Russian leader told the media during a visit to an exhibition centre in Moscow.
Trump confirmed the call on Truth Social, saying it would start at 10.00am (1400 GMT).
The two leaders have praised each other in recent weeks, despite Moscow’s ongoing assault on Ukraine.
Putin said last week that he had “great respect” for Trump and that US ties were improving. Trump said Putin’s statements were “very nice”.
AFP
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