It was Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov who confirmed the upcoming conference call.
“The American party has requested a meeting with President Putin, and the talks between the two presidents are scheduled to take place tomorrow night,” a Kremlin spokesman told the Russian news agency Interfax late Friday night.
– The request came after a written letter from the American party, Peskov added.
On Friday, the tense situation on the border between Ukraine and Russia has worsened further, and Norway and several other countries have asked their citizens to leave the country as soon as possible. Western leaders fear Russia will attack.
Meets several leaders
The conversation between the US and Russian leaders is scheduled for 11.00 US time, ie 17.00 in Norway. This will be the two leaders’ first meeting since the end of December, according to the news channel CNN.
Peskov also said that Putin would talk to French President Emmanuel Macron on the same day. This was also stated by Macron’s office earlier on Friday night.
The Ukraine crisis is the topic of both talks on Saturday.
US authorities on Friday stepped up their warnings that Russia could invade Ukraine and asked US citizens to leave the country within 48 hours.
Biden and Putin last spoke at the end of December. The US president spends the weekend at Camp David.
Can happen at any time
Russia has recently stepped up military forces on the border with Ukraine, and Putin has the opportunity to press the red button at any time. But according to the White House, Russia’s president has not yet decided whether the country will attack.
Nevertheless, the United States, among others, has sent out several danger signals. During a press conference on Friday, US National Security Adviser Jake Sulivan said the invasion could take place at any time.
– Russia can invade Ukraine at any time. We can not say exactly when, but we can say that it is entirely possible that Russia will invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics, said Sulvan
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