May 7, 2017

"Editor's Note:

On May 2, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone for the first time since US-Russian relations were strained by Washington's attack on a Syrian airfield. What does this phone call mean? How will it influence the ties between US and Russia? What are the prospects for the future of Washington-Moscow relations? Global Times reporter Yang Chuchu talked with two Chinese scholars on this topic.

Li Xing, director of the Eurasian Studies Center and professor at the School of Government, Beijing Normal University

Trump and Putin tried to settle their differences on Syria and the Korean Peninsula over the phone.

Russia believes the US attack on Syria is a violation of international law as the party responsible for chemical weapons attacks on civilians in Syria has not been found. After the US attack, the US-Russia relations deteriorated to a low point."

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