MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a message of greeting to US President Donald Trump and confirmed the invitation to the US leader to visit Moscow in May 2020 for the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Kremlin’s press-service said.
In his message to Trump "Putin noted that Russia and the US were historically responsible for ensuring global security and stability and that Moscow speaks in favor of normalizing bilateral relations and establishing an equal dialogue based on the mutual respect of interests. The President of Russia also reaffirmed his invitation to Donald Trump to visit Moscow to take part in the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War."
In his message of Christmas, New Year, and birthday greetings to the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, Putin expressed "confidence that the development of constructive, mutually respectful, bilateral cooperation in various fields is entirely in the interests of the peoples of Russia and Canada."
Also, Putin sent Christmas and New Year greetings to a number of former foreign heads of state and government, including George W. Bush.
