Kremlin says Putin-Trump meeting needs to be organized 'promptly'

The Kremlin said Thursday that a face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin needed to be organized "promptly", after the two presidents held a lengthy phone call the day before.

"There is definitely a need to organize such a meeting quite promptly, the heads of state have a lot to talk about," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

The Kremlin added it not only wanted negotiations on Ukraine with the U.S., but also on European security and the "concerns" of Moscow, which in 2021 demanded that NATO roll back to its 1997 borders.

"Certainly, all issues related to security on the European continent, especially in those aspects that concern our country, the Russian Federation, should be discussed comprehensively, and we expect that to be the case," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.