“The conversation of the President of the United States Joe Biden with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin started at 3:35 p.m. (8:35 p.m. GMT), “a White House official was quoted as saying by the AP.
The two heads of state spoke for about 50 minutes.
The AP notes that among the topics was the crisis in Ukraine and attempts to find diplomatic avenues for its resolution.
In a conversation with Putin, Biden made it clear that the United States and its allies would give a decisive answer if “Russia invades Ukraine,” the White House said.
The President of the United States called on the Russian Federation to de-escalate the situation around Ukraine. He did not fail to note that serious progress in the negotiations is possible only in conditions of de-escalation.
Biden in his conversation with Putin expressed support on diplomatic contacts with Russia in the framework of the Strategic Stability Dialogue within NATO and the OSCE.
The Kremlin also confirmed that the telephone conversation between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin lasted 50 minutes, TASS reported.
“Yes. They started on time“Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The telephone conversation between the presidents of the USA and Russia Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin ended, lasted 50 minutes, the White House confirmed.
From there they clarified that Biden called Putin from his home in Wilmington, Delaware, where he spends the weekend.
This is the second conversation between the two presidents for the last month. On December 7, Putin and Biden held a two-hour teleconference. The predominant topic was the situation around Ukraine, and the leaders also discussed bilateral relations, cybersecurity and Iran’s nuclear deal.
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The initiative for the new conversation came from Putin. As Peskov told reporters earlier, the purpose of the statement is to continue discussing issues that were on the agenda of the previous conversation between the leaders, as well as the upcoming talks in January 2022.
White House National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horn, for her part Biden expects to discuss a number of issues with Putin, including forthcoming diplomatic contacts with the Russian Federation.
Negotiations between the Russian Federation and the United States on security guarantees are scheduled for January 10 in Geneva. In addition, a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council will be held on January 12, and talks between representatives of the Russian Federation and the OSCE will be held on January 13.
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Russia has launched an idea for quick security talks, a new conversation between Biden and Putin
The conversation could take place before the New Year
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On December 17, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a draft agreement with the United States on security guarantees and an agreement on security measures of the Russian Federation and NATO member countries. They were handed over to Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried on December 15.
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