A senior Moscow official says the Kremlin welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin

The president-elect had said the Russian leader wanted to meet him to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin stopped short of that, saying it could only happen after he takes office.

The Kremlin welcomed Trump’s “readiness to solve problems through dialogue,” Mr Peskov said on Jan 10, adding Moscow had no prerequisites for staging the meeting. “No conditions are required. What is required is mutual desire and political will to solve problems through dialogue,” he told reporters in a daily briefing.