MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear arms pact with Washington for another year.

Asked by reporters whether he thinks Trump was unjustly passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize in favor of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, Putin replied that he wasn’t the one to decide but extolled Trump’s efforts toward a ceasefire in Gaza and in Ukraine.

“He’s really doing a lot to resolve such complex crises that have lasted for years and even decades,” Putin said of Trump while in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, for a summit of former Soviet nations. He added that if the Gaza ceasefire deal is carried out, it would mark a “his

See Full Page