Biden’s advisor had a telephone conversation with Putin’s aide

by time news

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan held a telephone conversation with Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, the White House said. During the conversation, Sullivan and Ushakov discussed the talks between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, which took place on December 7 via video link.

“Sullivan reiterated our grave concern about the buildup of Russian military power along the border with Ukraine and stressed that the United States will continue to closely coordinate with European allies and partners as we seek to address security and strategic issues through diplomacy,” the statement said. …

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried will consult with NATO allies in Brussels on December 16 to develop a coordinated approach, the White House said.

Biden said earlier today that he plans to continue contacts with Putin. “We will talk for a long time,” Biden said in response to a question whether he plans to hold a face-to-face meeting with Putin in the near future, whether, from his point of view, a new Russian-American summit is needed.

The talks between the two presidents on December 7 lasted more than two hours. According to the Russian leader, during the talks with his American counterpart, issues of regional issues, the conflict in southeastern Ukraine, the expansion of the NATO bloc to the east, including at the expense of Ukraine, were raised. Putin described the talks with Biden as substantive and constructive.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later said that the heads of state agreed to talk again after the meeting of their representatives, but it is still unknown when the meeting will take place.

A personal meeting of the leaders of the two countries took place on June 16 this year in Geneva. The negotiations lasted more than three hours. The presidents discussed the state and prospects for the development of bilateral relations, strategic security, issues of information security and cybercrime, the situation in Belarus, problems of Ukraine, the Middle East and issues of bilateral relations.

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