December 15, 2017

President Putin and his US counterpart President Trump spoke by phone "in favor of establishing dialogue and creating contacts with the North Korean side" and agreed to exchange information about possible initiatives for resolving the North Korea issue," according to the Kremlin.

As a result of the phone call between the Russian and the US leader, Donald Trump told reporters that the US could rely on the Russian's support in terms of the North Korean issue and considers it to be of major importance. China is currently helping the US to address the North Korean crisis, not Russia, according to Trump.

The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his annual press conference, touched upon the North Korean nuclear problem. He reiterated that Moscow does not recognize the country's nuclear status, but "everything that is happening there is counterproductive."

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