First contacts with US administration raise hopes - Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the FSB security service on Thursday that the renewed contacts with the US administration raise hope, and there is a mutual desire to establish cooperation, Tass reported.

"We all see how rapidly the world is changing, the situation in the world. In this regard, I would like to note that the first contacts with the new US administration inspire certain hopes," Putin said.

"There is a mutual dedication to work towards restoring interstate relations and gradually resolving the enormous volume of accumulated systemic and strategic problems in the global architecture."

He emphasized that "it was precisely these problems that provoked both the Ukrainian and other regional crises at the time."