Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has said in a message marking the 250th anniversary of US independence that Washington and Moscow, as two major nuclear powers, have a special responsibility to ensure global security and stability.
The TASS news agency reported on Saturday, July 4, that Putin congratulated US President Donald Trump on Independence Day.
According to the report, the Russian president said that the United States and Russia, as allies in the two World Wars, helped save the world from the “horror of Nazism.”
“The establishment of constructive, equitable and mutually beneficial relations between Moscow and Washington serves the interests not only of our peoples but also of the entire international community,” Putin said.
Relations between Moscow and Washington, as well as Western European countries, have been strained for the past four years due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
