Vladimir Putin willing to start new relations with the US after Trump’s victory – Diario La Página –

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, congratulated the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, on Thursday for his victory in the presidential elections held this Tuesday in the United States, while expressing himself “impressed” by his “brave” reaction after the attack he suffered. during the election campaign.

“I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election to the position of president of the United States,” he said when speaking at the Valdai Debate Club that takes place in the seaside resort of Sochi (Black Sea).

“For him it will be his last mandate. What he’s going to do is his business. But what he has said publicly so far (…), what was said about his desire to restore relations with Russia, to contribute to ending the Ukrainian crisis, deserves, at the very least, attention,” Putin said.

He also appeared “willing” to soon maintain contacts with the future American president, with whom he held a summit in Helsinki in mid-2018.

“As I already said, we will work with any head of state who receives the trust of the American people. This is how it will be in practice,” said the Russian president.