Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed what he said was Donald Trump’s “readiness to solve problems through dialogue.” The last U.S.-Russian summit was in 2021.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet President-elect Trump without conditions, the Kremlin said Friday, but is waiting for more specifics following the U.S. presidential inauguration. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow welcomes Trump’s intentions “to resolve problems through dialogue,

Russia is "watching this rather dramatic development of the situation very closely," President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson said.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland from Denmark. Peskov said the Arctic was in Russia's "sphere of national and strategic interests and it is interested in peace and stability there".

Trump said a meeting between himself and Putin was being set up, however, Putin's spokesman said Moscow had received no requests to set up a meeting.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the opinion of Greenland’s population must be considered in the matter of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s claims to the island, just as the views of residents in Russia’s “new regions” were taken into account.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says when Washington speaks about right of people's self-determination in Greenland, it should respect such right everywhere - Anadolu Ajansı

The Kremlin has welcomed US President-elect Donald Trump’s readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a senior Moscow official said on Friday.

The Kremlin said Friday that President Vladimir Putin was open to talks with Donald Trump without preconditions, after the incoming US president said a

“He wants to meet, and we’re setting it up,” Trump said during a gathering with Republican governors at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “President Putin wants to meet - he’s said that even publicly - and we have to get that war over with. That’s a bloody mess,” Trump said.

A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of in-person talks during a Friday conference call.