Trump Says He Has Call Scheduled with Putin to Discuss Possible Case of Pneumonic Plague in Russia (World)
Trump said he will speak with Vladimir Putin as U.S. officials press Russia for more information about the scientist’s death.
- President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will speak directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a possible plague case at a Siberian research institute, telling White House reporters the call is scheduled "very soon."
- A scientist at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East died of pneumonia of unknown origin last week, Russian officials said, prompting international concern over pneumonic plague transmission.
- Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said "It's always very good when mutual assistance is offered" on Tuesday per Interfax Russia, while urging Russians not to heed "rumors and speculation" about the outbreak.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressed Moscow for transparency on Tuesday in Iceland, stating "I think it's incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world."
- Russia told the World Health Organization on Tuesday that no plague cases existed among the deceased worker's contacts, according to WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier in Geneva, as Trump's call with Putin remains pending.
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The U.S. president announced that he was planning to "call" his Russian counterpart very soon. Russia, for its part, wants to be reassuring.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon speak by phone about a serious disease, suspected to be plague, emerging in Russia, the AP reported. The Washington leader also said that US intelligence is working to find out exactly what happened.
US President Trump plans to call his Russian counterpart Putin "very soon" regarding the death at a plague institute in Irkutsk. According to Russian media, the woman died of the plague, but authorities deny this and refer to it as "pneumonia of unknown cause." "A phone call is scheduled, very soon," Trump replied to questions from reporters. "We are already discussing it at length. We will probably be able to say more about it tomorrow." Trum…
Trump said the call would happen “very soon.”
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