Russian leader Vladimir Putin should first end the war that Russia started in Ukraine before talking about mediating in the Middle East, stated US President Donald Trump during a conversation with journalists, APA reports citing RBC Ukraine.
"I spoke to Putin yesterday, he offered to help mediate. I said, do me a favor — mediate your own. Let's mediate Russia first, OK? I said, 'Vladimir, let's mediate Russia first, you can worry about this later," Trump said.
According to the US President, he told Putin that he should deal with Russia first before involving himself elsewhere.
"So many people have been killed. Far more people are dead than have been reported in Ukraine and Russia. Many, many more people. A building falls down and they say, 'Nobody was hurt,'" Trump added.