Peskov: reset in relations with US discredited itself

Like US President-elect Donald Trump, the Kremlin dislikes the term ‘reset’ in the context of relations of Moscow and Washington, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"As for the ‘reset’ in relations, perhaps, we can agree with the president-elect. This word has indeed discredited itself, as the effects of this ‘reset’ are not the ones we would like to see," Peskov added.

According to Peskov, "the term is of little importance in this case." "The most important thing is the desire and demonstration of willingness to normalize relations," the Kremlin spokesman said.

The Russian presidential administration admits that the normalization of relations with the US will not proceed easily and will take some time. "Now we know that the level of our bilateral relations leaves a lot to be desired, they could hardly be worse, they have reached the bottom," Peskov said describing the Russian-US relations.

"Of course, we hope the dialogue will resume, and the process of putting relations on a constructive track will begin, even though this process will be difficult and will take some time," TASS cited Peskov as saying.