US President Donald Trump said that he had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday over the tensions in the Middle East and Russia-Ukraine peace talks and both of them agreed that "this war in Israel-Iran should end."
"He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, adding that Putin knows Iran "very well."
Saturday was Trump's 79th birthday. Trump said that Putin wished him a happy birthday during the phone call, reports Xinhua.
Trump said he also explained to the Russian president that the Russia-Ukraine conflict "should also end" during the one-hour call.
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"We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week."
"He (Putin) is doing the planned prisoner swaps -- large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides," said Trump.