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RFE/RL: Kremlin says breakthrough in US-Russia ties ‘still a long way’ away

Published March 22, 2018 at 3:24 pm

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov arrives for a meeting with officials of Rostec high-technology state corporation at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Dec. 7, 2017.

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The Kremlin says a breakthrough is still remote in Russia-U.S. relations despite talk about a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

“Let’s not talk about any breakthroughs; first we should talk about a starting point getting a dialogue going. We have a long way to go before any breakthrough,” Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters in a daily conference call on March 22.