ASTANA, May 30. /TASS/. The situation on the battlefield allows Russia to suggest that the Ukraine conflict is nearing its end, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, taking reporters’ questions following his state visit to Astana.
All the objectives of his state visit to Kazakhstan have been attained, Putin noted. Russia is ready to conduct an impartial investigation into the drone incident in Romania, the Russian leader added as he also highlighted the special relationship between the peoples of Russia and Armenia.
TASS has collected key statements from the Russian head of state.
Results of state visit and relations with Kazakhstan
Putin said he was satisfied with the results of his visit to Kazakhstan. "We are satisfied with these results because we have sort of drawn a line under what have been achieved. We have a record trade turnover -- it exceeds 20 billion dollars and has good upward trends," he told reporters.
