Kremlin: Putin to congratulate Trump on election in phone call

Russian President Vladimir Putin and the US President Donald Trump will exchange views on the key parameters of bilateral relations by phone, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"Putin will congratulate President Trump on assuming the office of US president. Of course, usually during such contacts there is an exchange of views on the main parameters of the current state of bilateral relations," Sputnik cited Peskov as saying.

He noted that this is the first telephone contact since President Trump took office, so one should hardly expect that this phone call will involve substantive discussions across the whole range of issues.