Vladimir Putin hopeful of ‘constructive’ Russia-US dialogue

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Russia is hoping for a constructive dialogue with new US President Donald Trump&&num;8217&semi;s administration&comma; a spokesman for Vladimir Putin has said&comma; but admit differences will remain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dmitry Peskov said it would be an &&num;8220&semi;illusion&&num;8221&semi; to expect US-Russian relations would be completely free of disagreements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;Successful development of bilateral ties will depend on our ability to solve these differences through dialogue&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> Mr Peskov said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added that Russian President Mr Putin will call Mr Trump soon to congratulate him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump has promised to mend ties with Moscow badly strained over the Ukrainian crisis&comma; the war in Syria and allegations of Russian meddling in the US elections&comma; and his victory has elated Russian political elites&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Peskov&comma; however&comma; pointed at the challenges posed by the intricacy of nuclear-arms control&comma; the complexity of the situation in Syria and other issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While Russia supports prospective nuclear-arms cuts&comma; they should be proportional and not upset the nuclear parity between Russia and the US&comma; which &&num;8220&semi;plays a critical role in ensuring global stability and security&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> Mr Peskov said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He noted that different composition of Russian and US nuclear forces is a factor that needs to be carefully considered in negotiations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Asked to comment on Mr Trump&&num;8217&semi;s recent interview with The Times newspaper in which he indicated he could end sanctions imposed on Russia in the aftermath of the 2014 annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal&comma; Mr Peskov said the two issues are hard to link&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Peskov emphasised the US role in settling the nearly six-year conflict in Syria&comma; where Mr Trump has offered to pool efforts with Russia in fighting the Islamic State group&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>It&&num;8217&semi;s quite obvious that it&&num;8217&semi;s impossible to constructively solve the Syrian problem without the US participation&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> Mr Peskov said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Russia has already invited Mr Trump&&num;8217&semi;s administration to attend talks between Syrian government and opposition groups in Kazakhstan on Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Russia brokered the talks together with Turkey and Iran&comma; but Tehran has opposed the US involvement in them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;There are certain disagreements between Moscow and Tehran on this subject&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> Mr Peskov said&comma; noting the Syrian issue &&num;8220&semi;is too complex to have a full harmony in approaches&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;Any deals there are unlikely&comma; 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