Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear program in a phone call Thursday, in which the US president took the unusual step of thanking his Russian counterpart for praising America’s economy. The two heads of state discussed “the situation in several crisis zones, with a ...
Russia on Wednesday said it welcomed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s statement that Washington is ready for talks with North Korea without preconditions, calling this a constructive approach. “We can state that such constructive statements impress us far more than the confrontational rhetoric that we have heard up to ...