Trump says he had ‘good talk’ with Putin on Iran and Ukraine

The US president says the Russian leader offered help with the issue of Iran’s enriched uranium, and they discussed a ceasefire with Kyiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday, adding that the two leaders discussed the Middle East war and Ukraine.

The call lasted more than 90 minutes and was “frank and businesslike”, Ushakov told reporters during a phone briefing.

“We had a good talk, I’ve known him a long time,” Trump said. The US president, speaking to reporters as he met ⁠with astronauts from the Artemis II mission ‌in the Oval Office, said he suggested “a little bit of a ‌ceasefire” in the war in ⁠Ukraine ⁠in his phone call with the Russian leader.

“And I ‌think he might do that,” Trump said, then ‌asked reporters ‌whether Putin had announced a ‌ceasefire.

Trump said Putin offered to help ⁠on the issue of Iran’s enriched uranium, a ⁠key obstacle to a deal to end the Iran war, but “I ‌said I’d ‌much rather have you be involved with ending the war with Ukraine”.

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Russia’s Ushakov, on the other hand, said the presidents “paid particular attention to the situation regarding Iran and in the Persian Gulf”.