translated from Spanish: Putin, Trump hope to improve ties after Osaka summit

Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are confident that there will be more contacts at the highest level following the G20 summit meeting in Osaka, Japan, according to Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov.” Both Putin and Trump have expressed sufficient confidence about continuing contacts at the highest level. When it comes to saying goodbye, at least, they have said that it is not for long,” Peskov said on Sunday in statements collected by the official Russian news agency RIA Novosti.According to the spokesman, the American representative expressed his intendto intensify the dialogue. As for Putin, on more than one previous occasion he expressed a desire to move towards normalization and the development of relations, provided they are reciprocal. “Now we have noticed for the first time that reciprocity in the us president,” the spokesman said. President Trump, according to Peskov, regrets the current situation, in which economic and trade exchange between the US and Russia is less than the volume of Russian-Chinese trade, and called on his team members to discuss together with Russian colleagues the factors that slow down economic relations. The first and so far only official summit between Putin and Trump was held in Helsinki in July 2018, and focused on various international issues and bilateral relations.

Original source in Spanish