Kremlin: Putin, in a phone call with Trump, shares proposals to end Iran war quickly

The two also discussed the Ukraine war and noted that Russian gains should prompt Kyiv's negotiators to move towards a settlement

FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, US, Aug 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation on Monday with US President Donald Trump, put forward proposals for a quick settlement of the conflict around Iran, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said.

Ushakov, giving an account of the conversation to reporters, said the two leaders also discussed the conflict in Ukraine and noted that Russian gains should prompt Kyiv's negotiators to move towards a settlement.

He described the entire discussion as "very substantial" and said it would "likely have practical significance for further work between the two countries".

Ushakov said Putin "expressed several thoughts aimed at a quick political and diplomatic end to the Iranian conflict, including contacts that have taken place with leaders of Gulf states, the president of Iran and leaders of other countries".

He said Trump "offered his assessment of developments in the US-Israeli operation. Let me say that a very substantial and, without doubt, useful exchange of ideas took place."

Ushakov said Trump believed it was in the US interest to see a "rapid end to the conflict in Ukraine with a ceasefire and a long-term settlement".

Developments in Ukraine, he said, were characterised by "Russian troops advancing quite successfully. This, as was noted, is a factor that should prompt the regime in Kyiv to finally go down the path of negotiating a settlement to the conflict".

Ushakov also said the two presidents also discussed the situation in Venezuela in the context of global oil markets.