Putin and Trump could have other contacts alongside with official ones — Kremlin

MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not rule out that Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump could have other contacts in recent months in addition to those officially announced.

"We are informing you about the conversations that we know about, but we cannot rule out everything else," Peskov said in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin.

The journalist noted that if you listen to Trump's statements, you can conclude that there were more contacts between the presidents than was officially announced.

Talking to the journalist Peskov also noted that the meeting between the two presidents must be carefully prepared and requires difficult technical negotiations first.

"On Monday, our negotiators will travel to Riyadh to begin this difficult process," Peskov said.