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Kremlin unaware if Putin would wish Trump happy birthday

On the American leader's last birthday, the Russian president congratulated him during a telephone conversation

ST. PETERSBURG, June 5. /TASS/. Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS that he did not yet know whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin would personally congratulate his American counterpart Donald Trump on his 80th birthday on June 14.

"I don't know yet," Peskov said.

On the American leader's last birthday, Putin congratulated him during a telephone conversation, in which they discussed bilateral relations, as well as current international issues.

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