The American president said that he expects a long conversation with Vladimir Putin
US President Joe Biden shared his expectations from the upcoming conversation with Vladimir Putin. In particular, he reacted to the statements about the “red lines” mentioned by the President of Russia.
During a conversation with journalists before departing for the weekend to the Camp DavidBayden residence, he said that he expects a long conversation with Putin. “We are afraid of Russia’s actions, and I would like to discuss this issue,” the American president said.
He added that he had prepared certain proposals for the Russian president, but did not go into details.
Biden also said that he does not recognize anyone’s “red lines”. This is how he reacted to the latest statement from Moscow. Vladimir Putin during his speech at the forum “Russia is calling!”he stated that the “red lines” in relation to Ukraine “are primarily in creating threats to us that may come from this territory.”
On the eve of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that for Moscow “the red line” is Ukraine’s accession to NATO.
On December 1, Putin, during a speech at the presentation of credentials in the Kremlin, said that he proposed to start substantive negotiations on achieving legal guarantees that exclude any NATO advance to the east. The White House said that only the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance can decide who is a member of NATO and who is not. “It’s important to remember who is the provocateur in this situation, and it’s not the United States or Ukraine,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Friday.
On Friday, December 3, the assistant to the Russian president for foreign Policy, Yuri Ushakov, said that the date of the meeting had already been agreed, but it was necessary to wait for clarification of all parameters of negotiations with Washington. The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov advised to wait for the meeting “at any time”.
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