Vladimir Putin, in a letter to Donald Trump this month, sought bilateral cooperation. (File Photo)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a letter to US President-elect Donald Trump this month, sought bilateral cooperation and a "new level" of US-Russian relations, according to a copy of the letter released by Trump's team on Friday.
"I hope that ... we will be able - by acting in a constructive and pragmatic manner - to take real steps to restore the framework of bilateral cooperation in different areas as well as bring our level of collaboration on the international scene to a qualitatively new level," Putin wrote in the Dec. 15 letter, according to Trump's transition team.
Trump, in a accompanying statement, said he hoped both countries could "live up to these thoughts" rather than "have to travel an alternative path."
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