Putin condemns US officials "ready to sacrifice relations" between the two countries

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference in Helsinki, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday condemned what he calls "forces" in the United States "ready to sacrifice Russian-American relations", two days after a summit with his American counterpart Donald Trump, who then faced a storm. Criticism "We see that there are forces in the United States willing to easily sacrifice Russian-American relations to serve their own aspirations," Putin said in a speech to Moscow's ambbadadors to Russia. He added that these forces "are ready to sacrifice the interests of their allies and even their own security guarantees", recalling in particular the Treaty on the Reduction of the Number of Nuclear Weapons between Russia and the United States, which will end in 2021.

After the Helsinki summit Monday between the two presidents, Trump was criticized in the United States and even inside his camp because of statements considered to be very reconcilable with the Russia

Putin also said: We see in the United States forces that consider the interests of their party more important than the interests "Russia remains open to strengthening contacts with the United States on the basis of the United States. equality and mutual benefit. "

"We need a new positive program aimed at finding common action and finding points of contact.Of course, at the meeting with US President Donald Trump."

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