Trump congratulates Putin on winning presidential elections

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Wed, 21 Mar 2018 - 01:38 GMT

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CAIRO – 21 March 2018: US President Donald Trump has congratulated his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on his win in the presidential election in a telephone call on Tuesday, the Kremlin press service was quoted as saying by TASS news agency on Tuesday.

Apart from that, according to the Kremlin press service, the two leaders discussed further contacts between the two countries and topical international issues.

Russia held election of its president on March 18. According to the latest update of the Russian Central Election Commission, incumbent President Vladimir Putin is scoring 76.6% of the vote.

The Kremlin noted that "in general, the conversation was constructive and businesslike and focused on overcoming the problems that have accumulated in Russian-US relations."

"The sides agreed to develop further bilateral contacts, including in the context of reshuffles in the US State Department. Special attention was focused on the issue of a possible top-level meeting," the Kremlin said

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