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Kremlin says Putin spoke with Trump to wish him happy birthday

The Zioneer Intelligence DeskUpdated 18:51
Kremlin says Putin spoke with Trump to wish him happy birthday

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TL;DR

The Kremlin announced that President Vladimir Putin spoke with former US President Donald Trump to wish him a happy birthday, according to an official Russian statement. The call, Trump's 80th birthday, is the third such greeting from a world leader reported today.

01 · THE DISPATCH

The Kremlin confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with former US President Donald Trump to wish him a happy 80th birthday, according to an official statement cited by Russian state media. The call follows earlier birthday greetings from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Geopolitics Watch team, as reported by The Zioneer at 15:08 and 11:56 Jerusalem respectively. No details of the conversation beyond the greeting have been released by either side.

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