CNN: Trump to speak with Putin, Merkel and Abe in day of calls
(CNN)US President Donald Trump will speak Saturday by telephone with five world leaders — most significantly Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Germany’s Angela Merkel — in what may be his biggest day of diplomacy yet.
Saturday’s call will be Trump’s first phone conversation with the Russian President since his inauguration last week, and one whose outcome will be closely studied.
Both Trump and Putin have said they would like to see warmer ties between their two nations. However, relations between Trump and his team and Russia have been under scrutiny following allegations that Moscow meddled in the US election last year.
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WNU Editor: I expect nothing substantial from the Trump – Putin conversation …. just a general discussion and a commitment for more talks and a one-to-one meeting at the G20 summit.