Russian President Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinWatchdog confirms State Dept. canceled award for journalist who criticized Trump Former intelligence agency director Robert Cardillo speaks out against 'erratic' Trump Kremlin: Putin calls for reset between US and Russia on cyber relations before elections MORE on Wednesday backed away from statements made previously by Kremlin officials about his calls with President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE, telling reporters that he would not object to transcripts being made public.

Multiple news outlets reported that Putin made the remarks after meeting with Iran's Hassan Rouhani, telling journalists that there was nothing on his calls with Trump that could compromise the U.S. president.

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“My previous life taught me that any of my conversations may be published, and I always proceed from this,” Putin said, referring to his past in Russia's intelligence service, according to Russian news site Sputnik.

A Kremlin spokesman had said last week that Russia hoped that the U.S. would never publish any private conversations between its leader and Trump amid controversy over Trump's conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“We would like to hope that it wouldn’t come to that in our relations, which are already troubled by a lot of problems," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov last week.

“The materials related to conversations between heads of states are usually classified according to normal international practice,” he added.

During his remarks, Putin also reportedly pledged to work with any U.S. president, regardless of whether Trump was reelected in 2020.

"We will work with any partner, with any president the American people elects. If this is Mr. [Donald] Trump, then we will work with him, if not, then no," he said, according to Sputnik.

His meeting with Rouhani comes after Trump declined to meet with Iranian officials at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month. Trump's decision came amid weeks of tensions between the U.S. and Iran over the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone and other actions blamed by the west on Iranian-backed forces, such as an attack on Saudi oil facilities.

After meeting with Rouhani, Putin showed support for Iran's official position of noninvolvement in the Saudi attacks.

"We condemn this [attack], but we are against shifting the blame on Iran, as there is no evidence for that," Putin reportedly said.