Donald Trump speaks to Vladimir Putin, says negotiations to end war in Ukraine to start immediately

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday held a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and revealed that he had a productive phone call with him where they agreed to kickstart negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine immediatelyOther than Ukraine both leaders also discussed the Middle East Artificial Intelligence AI energy and other subjectsTrump said that he and Putin agreed to have their respective teams start negotiations immediately and begin by calling Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy regarding the conversationIn a post shared on his social media platform Truth Social Trump stated that he has asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiationsCalling his conversation with Putin on a phone call lengthy and productive Trump said that they discussed about strengths of Russia and US and the benefit that they will someday have by working togetherI just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia We discussed Ukraine the Middle East Energy Artificial Intelligence the power of the Dollar and various other subjects We both reflected on the Great History of our Nations and the fact that we fought so successfully together in World War II remembering that Russia lost tens of millions of people and we likewise lost so many We each talked about the strengths of our respective Nations and the great benefit that we will someday have in working together But first as we both agreed we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with RussiaUkraine President Putin even used my very strong Campaign motto of COMMON SENSE We both believe very strongly in it Trump posted on Truth SocialHe further stated We agreed to work together very closely including visiting each others Nations We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy of Ukraine to inform him of the conversation something which I will be doing right now I have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiations which I feel strongly will be successful Millions of people have died in a War that would not have happened if I were President but it did happen so it must end No more lives should be lostTrump also thanked Putin for his time and effort for the call and for the release of Marc Fogel I want to thank President Putin for his time and effort with respect to this call and for the release yesterday of Marc Fogel a wonderful man that I personally greeted last night at the White House I believe this effort will lead to a successful conclusion hopefully soon Trump posted on Truth SocialNotably Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in war since February 2022 While speaking at his annual end of the year news conference in December last year Putin expressed readiness to discuss the possibility of reaching a compromise in talks with Donald Trump on the issue of Ukraine Al Jazeera reportedHe expressed his readiness to meet Trump at any time I dont know when Im going to see him He isnt saying anything about it I havent talked to him in more than four years I am ready for it of course Any time Al Jazeera quoted Putin as sayingEarlier Putin congratulated Donald Trump on winning the US presidential poll and said that Moscow is ready to have dialogue with the Republican presidentelectI would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his victory in the US presidential election I have already said that we will work with any head of state who is trusted by the American people Putin said while addressing the plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi on November 7As per Al Jazeera these were the first public remarks from Putin since Trumps victory He had also praised Trump for displaying courage during the assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler Pennsylvania on July 14 He behaved in my opinion in a very correct way courageously like a real man Putin said in his address at the Valdai discussion club Al Jazeera reportedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever