President Donald Trump wrote in a put up on Fact Social that Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to as him to want him a contented birthday, and the 2 world leaders agreed that the combating between Israel and Iran ought to come to an finish.
The 2 leaders spoke for 50 minutes, primarily discussing the continuing battle within the Center East.
Trump wrote of the decision:
President Putin referred to as this morning to very properly want me a Comfortable Birthday, however to extra importantly, speak about Iran, a rustic he is aware of very properly. We talked at size. A lot much less time was spent speaking about Russia/Ukraine, however that shall be for subsequent week. He’s doing the deliberate prisoner swaps – massive numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, instantly, from either side. The decision lasted roughly 1 hour. He feels, as do I, this battle in Israel-Iran ought to finish, to which I defined, his battle must also finish.
Putin’s overseas affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov advised the media, “The damaging escalation of the scenario within the Center East was naturally on the middle of the change of opinions.”
“Vladimir Putin, having condemned the army operation towards Iran, expressed severe concern concerning the doable escalation of the battle,” he mentioned, including that the battle may have “unpredictable penalties for the whole scenario within the Center East.”
Putin additionally provided to conduct mediation between the 2 nations, in keeping with a report from the Related Press.
“Russia’s principled strategy and curiosity within the settlement stay unchanged,” Ushakov mentioned.
The sixth spherical of negotiations between Iran and the USA, scheduled to happen on Sunday in Oman, has been cancelled.