Amid celebrate his birthday celebrations, President Donald Trump took a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the two mostly discussed the current situation in Iran.
“President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well. We talked at length,” Trump said in his post.
“Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week,” Trump explained, adding, “He is doing the planned prisoner swaps – large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides.”
Trump continued to say he believes both wars should end, saying “The call lasted approximately 1 hour. He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end.”
The call comes as Trump celebrated his 79th birthday during his second term in office, and hours before the president is set to attend the Military Parade in Washington D.C., which starts at 6:30 p.m. ET.
It also comes following two days of intense military operations between Israel and Iran that saw at least 78 people killed, and more than 320 injured in Iran by Israeli forces, and two dead, 44 injured in Israel.
Among those killed dead are Iranian Armed Forces chief of staff Major General Mohammed Bagheri, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) chief Major General Hossein Salami and IRGC Aerospace Forces commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, as well as several nuclear scientists, Newsweek previously reported.
Israel’s sudden large-scale campaign prompted Iran to cancel a sixth round of nuclear talks set to be held Sunday in Oman, as announced by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday. The Omani Foreign Ministry confirmed Saturday that the negotiations would not be held.
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