With this call, the two leaders must prepare negotiations scheduled for January 10 on highly sensitive subjects.
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US Presidents Joe Biden and Russian Presidents Vladimir Putin to speak on the phone Thursday, December 30 “to discuss various subjects, including the next diplomatic contacts with Russia”, according to statements by a White House spokesperson responsible for security issues.
The appeal between the two heads of state will come a few days before negotiations between the two countries scheduled for January 10 in Geneva on nuclear arms control treaties and the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border, where the West blames Moscow to mass troops for a possible attack.
The Biden administration continues to consult its “European allies and partners” in response “to the military strengthening of Russia on the border with Ukraine”National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne said in a statement released Wednesday. “Indeed, a telephone interview between Putin and the President of the United States is scheduled for tomorrow late in the evening”, at Moscow time, confirmed Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Russian news agencies, without giving further details.
This will be the second telephone interview between the two leaders in less than a month. In early December, Joe Biden threatened Vladimir Putin with sanctions “like he’s never seen before” in the event of an attack on Ukraine.