The Kremlin said on Monday that everyone should be careful with “nuclear rhetoric”, in its first reaction to US President Donald Trump’s statement that he had ordered the relocation of US nuclear submarines.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov downplayed Trump’s comments, saying it was clear that US submarines were already on combat duty anyway. He added that Moscow has no desire to enter into a polemic with Trump on this issue.
Trump said on Friday that he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be deployed to “appropriate regions” in response to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s comments about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries.
The Kremlin also said that an upcoming visit by Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow would be important and useful.
– We are always glad to see Mr. Witkoff in Moscow. We consider such contact important, significant and useful – Peskov told reporters and added that a meeting with President Vladimir Putin is possible, reports Reuters.
