{"id":4315,"date":"2025-06-27T18:52:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2025-06-27T20:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:25:15","slug":"putin-speaks-of-great-respect-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/putin-speaks-of-great-respect-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin speaks of \u2018great respect\u2019 for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Russian president has hailed his US counterpart as a \u201ccourageous man\u201d and commended his efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has \u201cgreat respect\u201d<\/em> for US President Donald Trump and praised his counterpart\u2019s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters in Minsk on Friday after a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, Putin described Trump as \u201ca courageous man,\u201d<\/em> who had overcome serious challenges to return to the White House, including surviving multiple assassination attempts.
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\u201cI have great respect for the current US president. He went through a very difficult, complicated, and even dangerous path to return to power and to the White House \u2013 we all know that well\u2026 He\u2019s a courageous man \u2013 that\u2019s clear,\u201d<\/em> Putin said.<\/p>\n

He also commended Trump\u2019s diplomacy in the Middle East, as well as his efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis. \u201cWe, of course, value all of that\u2026 I believe President Trump is sincerely striving to resolve\u201d<\/em> the conflict.<\/p>\n

He expressed appreciation for Trump\u2019s domestic and foreign policy initiatives, particularly highlighting his steps in the Middle East and \u201csincere commitment\u201d<\/em> to resolving the Ukrainian conflict.<\/p>\n

Putin said Trump\u2019s recent admission that dealing with the situation was tougher than he had expected came as no surprise. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to observe from the sidelines and quite another to dive into the problem.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Asked whether it was time for a face-to-face meeting, Putin said, \u201cI am always open to contact, to meetings\u2026 and we would be happy to work on making that happen.\u201d<\/em> He observed that Trump had also expressed interest, while noting that both leaders believed such meetings should be properly prepared and lead to tangible progress in cooperation.
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\u201cThanks to President Trump, relations between Russia and the US are beginning to level out, at least to some extent. Not everything has been resolved in terms of diplomatic relations, but the first steps have been taken, and we are moving forward,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

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Since returning to office in January, Trump has worked to rebuild ties with Moscow, which were largely severed under his predecessor, Joe Biden. Trump and Putin have had multiple phone conversations concerning the Ukraine conflict and broader bilateral issues.<\/p>\n

The diplomatic push helped reboot direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, which Kiev had abandoned back in 2022, reportedly at the behest of its Western backers.<\/p>\n

The latest round in Istanbul earlier this month resulted in the largest prisoner exchange to date, as well as a pledge to continue dialogue.<\/p>\n

Trump said this week that he would like to see an agreement with Russia that ends the hostilities.<\/p>\n

Moscow has consistently reaffirmed its commitment to achieving a diplomatic resolution. Putin has said that Russia is ready to work with Kiev on drafting the document and emphasized that \u201celiminating the root causes\u201d<\/em> of the conflict \u201cis what matters most to us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Russian president has hailed his US counterpart as a \u201ccourageous man\u201d and commended his efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has \u201cgreat respect\u201d for US President Donald Trump and praised his counterpart\u2019s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict. Speaking to reporters in Minsk on Friday after a meeting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4315"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4319,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315\/revisions\/4319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}