Russian President Vladimir Putin threw “Collaboration” with the US on trade, space exploration and more after meeting President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.
The Russian President 4Vladimir Putin used his audience on Friday with President Donald Trump to suggest that the two leaders of the leaders are working on trade, even while offering no details about plans to end the war in Ukraine.
“We have many dimensions for joint work,” Putin De Pers said after a meeting with Trump for three hours in Anchorage, Alaska. “It is clear that American and Russian business cooperation has enormous potential. We can offer each other so much in trade, digital, high-tech and space exploration.”
He also pointed out in the Arctic as an area for cooperation and said it was time to “run the page” about the competition and to build a relationship based on “cooperation”. Both Putin and Trump described the meeting as ‘productive’, but gave little information about their main objective: a cease -the fire in Ukraine that could lead to a peace agreement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin used his audience on Friday with President Donald Trump to suggest that the two leaders of the leaders are working on trade, even while offering no details about plans to end the war in Ukraine. (Reuters)
“The concept we have achieved here will help us get closer to the goal of Peace in Ukraine [but] All the root causes of the conflict must be resolved, “said Putin. He has long blamed NATO expansion and Western involvement in Ukraine for inciting the 2022 invasion.
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Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which became a member of the delegation, claimed that Trump was open to economic cooperation. “It is very important that President Trump outlined the significant economic potential of cooperation between the US and Russia,” he said.
However, Trump did not mention Putin’s proposals when he spoke with the press afterwards.
“We have many dimensions for joint work,” Putin De Pers said after a meeting with Trump for three hours in Anchorage, Alaska. (Reuters)
Putin’s economic pitch comes when Russia is confronted with a mix of resilience and tension. Western sanctions have demolished Moscow from many global markets, foring which it is forced to change exports to Asia and lean heavily on energy sale to China and India.
Oil and gas revenue remain the backbone of the Russia budget, but falling prices and the costs for retaining the war have widened the shortage to the greatest in three decades. Inflation and interest rates remain increased.
Putin, left, and Trump, right, shaking hand during their top in Anchorage, Alaska was intended to arrange the war in Ukraine. (Reuters)
Russia has had to deal with steep sanctions that are meant to isolate the worldwide market since the start of the war. Trump has recently announced a rate of 50% for Indian import to the US, which stated the purchase of Russian oil by India, partly, under, underneath. He has threatened third -party sanctions against other countries that do business with Russia, although he has not followed so far.
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At the same time, Russia has promoted self-supply in agriculture, technology and finance and at the same time deepens ties with non-Western partners. The ruble has been volatile and the country is confronted with labor shortages while trained employees continue to leave. Nevertheless, the expenditure for wartime and the export of energy helped in stabilizing the most important sectors and the economic collapse.
