(VOVworld) – Russia is ready to resume dialogue and co-operation with the US, if Washington shares the same view, the spokesman for the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, said on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) passes by US President Barack Obama at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit on Novembver 11, 2014 in Beijing. (Photo: AP/ RIA Novosti)

He said that as Moscow had never supported their non-dialogue and co-operation relationship with the US, it was ready if the US was willing. He reiterated the idea when being asked whether there would be a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama, adding that Russia was not the side that had started the “sanctions war.”