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Russia is making internal preparations for contacting Trump — deputy foreign minister

"When we probably hear something clearer and more concrete from Washington, then we will get down to coordinating schedules and technical matters," Sergey Ryabkov added

MOSCOW, January 22. /TASS/. Russia is making internal preparations for a dialogue between Russian and US presidents, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has told TASS.

"There is no agreement to establish contact for now," he said. "Internal preparations continue. When we probably hear something clearer and more concrete from Washington, then we will get down to coordinating schedules and technical matters."

Earlier, Trump expressed hope that contact with Putin would take place very soon.