Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that an end to the Ukraine conflict could be near if Europe doesn’t 'throw a wrench in the works.' After high-stakes talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska, Putin hinted at progress toward peace. Though no formal ceasefire was announced.
00:00And you know fully well that one of the central issues was the situation around Ukraine.
00:06We see the strive of the administration and President Trump personally to help facilitate the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict.
00:13And his strive to get to the crux of the matter to understand this history is precious.
00:20As I've said, the situation in Ukraine has to do with fundamental threats to our security.
00:25Moreover, we've always considered the Ukrainian nation, and I've said it multiple times, a brotherly nation.
00:31How strange it may sound in these conditions.
00:34We have the same roots, and everything that's happening is a tragedy for us and terrible wound.
00:40Therefore, the country is sincerely interested in putting an end to it.
00:45At the same time, we're convinced that in order to make the settlement lasting and long term,
00:54we need to eliminate all the primary roots, the primary causes of that conflict.
00:59And we've said it multiple times, to consider all legitimate concerns of Russia
01:02and to reinstate a just balance of security in Europe and in the world on the whole.
01:07And I agree with President Trump, as he has said today, that naturally, the security of Ukraine should be insured as well.
01:16Naturally.
01:17We are prepared to work on that.
01:18I would like to hope that the agreement that we've reached together will help us bring closer that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine.
01:28We expect that Kyiv and European capitals will perceive that constructively and that they won't throw a wrench in the works.
01:35They will not make any attempts to use some backroom dealings to conduct provocations to torpedo the nascent progress.
01:43Incidentally, when the new administration came to power, bilateral trade started to grow.
01:54It's still very symbolic.
01:56Still, we have a growth of 20%.
01:59As I've said, we have a lot of dimensions for joint work.
02:03It is clear that the U.S. and Russian investment and business cooperation has tremendous potential.
02:10Russia and the U.S. can offer each other so much in trade, digital, high-tech, and in space exploration.
02:19We see that Arctic cooperation is also very possible.
02:23And our international context, for example, between the far east of Russia and the west coast of the U.S.
02:29Overall, it's very important for our countries to turn the page, to go back to cooperation.
02:34It is symbolic that not far away from here, at the border between Russia and the U.S., there is a so-called international dateline.
02:45I think you can step over, literally, from yesterday into tomorrow.
02:50And I hope that we'll succeed in that, in political sphere.
02:54I would like to thank President Trump for our joint work, for the well-wishing and trustworthy tone of our conversation.
03:03It's important that both sides are result-oriented, and we see that the President of the U.S. has a very clear idea of what he would like to achieve.
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