9 November 2016, 07:08 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States and Russia now have a chance for mending their ties after Donald Trump becomes the next US president, a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) told Sputnik on Wednesday.
"We cannot have the two greatest powers in the world – America and Russia – at each other’s throats. It’s bad for everyone. Hopefully Mr. [Vladimir] Putin and Mr. Trump will get together and we will see a fruitful peace break out," Raymond Finch, UKIP’s member in the European parliament, said.
Trump indicated during the election campaign he did not regard Russia as an enemy. He won the presidency in Tuesday’s vote and promised in a victory speech that his administration would get along with all other nations that would be willing to get along with it.
