Peskov also said that the two American submarines announced as deployed by Mr. Trump “are already in service” permanently.
“We do not want to let ourselves be drawn into such a controversy,” he added.
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Trump had made this decision on Friday in reaction to statements deemed provocative by ex-president Dmitri Medvedev, who has multiplied martial comments for Westerners on social networks since 2022.
He did not specify where exactly the submarines would be sent, nor if they were submersibles with nuclear propulsion or atomic warheads.
Before Donald Trump, having first shown conciliatory with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after his return to power in January, the American leader has expressed his frustration in recent weeks and threatened to impose new sanctions against Russia if she did not stop her offensive in Ukraine.
Despite this peak of tensions, Donald Trump’s emissary, Steve Witkoff, is expected in Russia this week, a few days before the ultimatum exposed by the American president to his Russian counterpart.
Dmitri Peskov estimated on Monday that this visit will be “important and useful”.
“We are always happy to see Mr. Witkoff in Moscow and always delighted to be in contact with him,” he said, adding that an meeting with Mr. Putin was “not excluded”.
