Kremlin to Trump: Putin is not plotting against the US with Xi and Kim
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre), Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing on Sept 3.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Follow topic:
MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Sept 3 that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not conspiring with China's Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong Un against the US, and suggested that perhaps US President Donald Trump was being ironic with his criticism.
Mr Trump said on Sept 2 that he was “very disappointed” with Mr Putin, and suggested in a post on Truth Social that Mr Xi, Mr Putin and Mr Kim
Asked about Mr Trump’s remarks by Russian state television, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said that Mr Trump may have been making them ironically.
“I would like to say that no one has been conspiring, no one has been plotting anything, no conspiracies,” Mr Ushakov said. “No one even had such a thought – none of these three leaders had such a thought.”
“I can say that everyone understands the role played by the United States, the current administration of President Trump and President Trump personally in the current international situation.”
Mr Xi warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war
Asked if he was concerned about an axis of Russia and China forming against the US, Mr Trump said: “I am not concerned at all... We have the strongest military in the world, by far. They would never use their military on us. Believe me.” REUTERS
