Vladimir Putin has not been invited to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration subsequent month, Moscow has stated.
The Kremlin stated it had not obtained an invite for the Russian president to attend the US president-elect’s swearing-in ceremony on 20 January.
The outlet cited a number of sources saying the invitation had been made shortly after Mr Trump gained the presidential election on 5 November.
It stated it was not clear if the invitation had been accepted.
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It could be unprecedented for both of the presidents of Russia or China, US rivals, to attend the inauguration.
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Mr Trump assembly Mr Xi in 2019. Pic: AP
Mr Trump’s impending inauguration has seen US President Joe Biden rush to get billions of {dollars} extra in army support to Ukraine and try and convey Israel’s battle on Hamas in Gaza to a detailed.
The president-elect has insisted Moscow and Kyiv attain an instantaneous ceasefire, and has stated Ukraine ought to doubtless put together to obtain much less in the way in which of US army support.
Each Mr Biden’s outgoing and Mr Trump’s incoming administrations have stated they hope to finish the Israel-Hamas battle earlier than the president-elect’s inauguration in January, however months of ceasefire talks have stalled repeatedly and no finish seems to be in sight.
Zuckerberg’s Meta donates $1m to Trump’s inauguration fund
It comes as Mark Zuckerberg’s agency Meta donated $1m to Mr Trump’s inauguration fund, in line with The Wall Avenue Journal, because the Fb founder tries to fix ties with the president-elect.
Mr Trump threatened to imprison the billionaire in August if he did “anything illegal” to affect the presidential election.
However final month the pair dined collectively at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, with Mr Zuckerberg making clear he needs to help “national renewal”, in line with the president-elect’s deputy chief of employees.
Donations to the inauguration fund will go in direction of occasions across the swearing-in ceremony.
