Putin, Trump Launch Long Awaited Dialogue to Improve Bilateral Relationship

On January 28, Russian and US presidents spoke for about one hour – their first official contact since Trump's inauguration on January 20 – and vowed to join forces to fight terrorism in Syria and elsewhere. The event signals a potential shift in U.S.-Russian relations that have been at low ebb recently. The Kremlin said the phone conversation showed there is «a mood for restoring and improving» cooperation between Moscow and Washington. The White House said the January 28 the call «was a significant start to improving the relationship between the United States and Russia that is in need of repair»...

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