Trump rejected speculation for the Russian army parade in Moscow

US President Donald Trump has rejected rumors that he intends to travel to Russia to participate in the annual Army’s annual parade in Moscow on the occasion of World War II victory.

He spoke while the United States and Russia had begun direct talks a few days ago to end the Ukrainian war.

“No, I don’t go to this trip,” the US President said in response to a question about reports that he intends to travel to Russia to participate in the big parade of victory on May 9. »

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also denied the program.

Speculation that Trump was trying to make the trip was raised following a report in the French magazine Le Poen. The French magazine quoted anonymous sources as claiming that the US president will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 5.

Meanwhile, governments, diplomats and foreign officials often traveled to Moscow to attend the Grand Parade on May 9 to watch the parade in the Russian capital’s Red Square, as well as flower ring at the “Anonymous Soldier Tomb”. Put outside the Kremlin wall. The last US president attended by George W. It was Bush, who attended the parade on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany.

Peskov said in a press conference in response to a reporter’s question about Trump’s possible trip to Russia: “Putin will be happy to see various world leaders in Moscow.”

Trump and Putin had a remarkable telephone conversation for 5 minutes on February 5, which paved the way for negotiations by US and Russian negotiations in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. However, Ukrainian and European officials, however, criticized Trump for disrupting the policies of the former President Joe Biden’s government to support Ukraine and Russia’s isolation on the world.

Tensions between Washington and Kiev last week with the Ukrainian President’s refusal to accept his US counterpart deal over access to the rare mineral resources of his country and the criticism he made against Trump. Responding to Zelksky’s positions against himself, the US president called him a “dictator without elections” and insisted that he had no place to complain about marginalizing the US -Russian negotiations.

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