US President Joe Biden phoned his Ukrainian colleague, Volodymyr Zelensky today, after the interview with Vladimir Putin, “making it clear that the US and its allies and partners will respond resolutely if Russia invades Ukraine further”.
This was reported by a note from the White House spokesman Jen Psaki.
The two leaders, it says, “have expressed support for the diplomatic efforts, starting next week with the bilateral dialogue (US-Russia, ed) for strategic stability, the NATO-Russia Council and the OSCE”.
“President Biden stressed the commitment of the United States and its allies and partners to the principle of ‘no decision about you without you'” and reiterated the commitment of the United States to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. ‘Ukraine”.
Biden finally “expressed support for confidence-building measures to ease tensions in the Donbass and for active diplomacy to advance the implementation of the Minsk agreements, in support of the Normandy format” (France-Germany-Russia-Ukraine).
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