Trump: Putin wants to meet - and Obama and I probably like each other Donald Trump says a meeting is being set up between himself and Vladimir Putin - and that he and Barack Obama "probably" like each other.
Republican US president-elect Mr Trump spoke to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Thursday, saying Russian president Mr Putin "wants to meet, and we are setting it up".
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday there was a "mutual desire" to set up a meeting - but added no details had been confirmed yet and that there may be progress once Mr Trump is inaugurated on 20 January.
"Moscow has repeatedly declared its openness to contacts with international leaders, including the US president, including Donald Trump," Mr Peskov added.
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