Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin sent out a commemorative message to his US counterpart on the occasion of the American Independence Day on July 4, requesting the two countries to mend ties between them.
In the message, Putin indicated that he wanted the US and Russia to resume a positive relationship, CNN reported.
"The history of Russian-American relations shows that when we act as equal partners and respect each other's lawful interests, we are able to successfully resolve the most complex international issues for the benefit of both countries' peoples and all of humanity," Putin wrote.
The Kremlin said Putin suggested past work between the two countries would "help to set the dialogue between Russia and the US back on a constructive track" to address global concerns.
The message comes amid tensions between the Russia and the US Russian warships and planes have been engaging in aggressive manoeuvres with US military forces, and Moscow has engaged in Syria in ways Washington has said is not constructive in the fight against the Islamic State.
Relations between Moscow and Washington hit a post-Cold War low in 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and threw its weight behind separatists in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin, however, has recently sought to seek rapprochement with the United States.
In the past eight years of Obama’s reign, the two leaders have repeatedly clashed issues like NATO’s missile defense system, US policy in the Middle East, and most notably, Ukraine.
However, since 2015, the two nations have made a joint effort in order to put an end to the terrifying activities by the ISIS in Syria.
(With IANS inputs)
