Biden appreciated the possibility of meeting with Putin with the word “we’ll see”

Biden said “we’ll see” in response to a question about a personal meeting with Putin in January In January, after the New Year holidays, Moscow and Washington should hold talks on security. Biden did not rule out the possibility of a personal meeting with the Russian president

Biden appreciated the possibility of a meeting with Putin,

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin

US President Joe Biden did not deny the possibility of a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in January, according to Reuters.

“Let’s see,” he said in response to a corresponding question from journalists.

In January, after the New Year holidays, the main round of negotiations between Russia and the United States on security guarantees should take place, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier.

The White House said that the meeting is scheduled for January 10: According to an employee of the National Security Council, representatives of Russia and the United States will discuss arms control and the situation in Ukraine. State Department spokesman Ned Price later confirmed that the United States was planning a meeting on that date.

At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that there are no final agreements on this yet, but Moscow considers January 10 as a possible date.

Also this month, a meeting of the Russia— NATO Council may take place, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is also chairman of the council, suggested that Moscow hold it on January 12. As reported by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, the proposal is being considered “in practical terms”.

In mid-December, Russia handed over draft agreements on security guarantees to the United States and NATO. Among other things, they contain clauses on the non-expansion of NATO to the east, non-entry into the alliance of the countries of the former USSR and a ban on military activities on the territory of Ukraine. According to White House spokesperson Jen Psaki, the American side may agree with some of Russia’s proposals, but not with those concerning NATO. Stoltenberg ruled out a compromise on Ukraine’s accession to the alliance.

Putin and Biden met in Geneva in June this year. The heads of state then agreed to return the previously recalled ambassadors to Moscow and Washington and “launch a comprehensive bilateral dialogue on strategic stability”. Then the presidents held talks on December 7 in an online format.

A few days later, Putin said that Emuba really wanted to see the American president in person again. As press Secretary Dmitry Peskov clarified, this is “a matter of the future”. For his part, Biden said that at the meeting he was counting on a “lengthy” conversation with Putin. The State Department called such a prospect “very unlikely”.

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