According to Anthony Blinken, the American president, during a conversation with Vladimir Putin, will insist on the territorial integrity of Ukraine
The main topic of the upcoming talks between the presidents of the United States and Russia will be the situation around Ukraine. According to Reuters, this was stated by the head of the US State Department Anthony Blinken.
According to him, Joe Biden intends to tell Vladimir Putin that the United States will definitely insist on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and will oppose any “aggressive steps of Russia” in this matter.
Blinken also said that Biden intends to inform the Russian president that he expects more stable and predictable relations between the two countries.
Earlier, the American Secretary of State said that negotiations between the presidents of Russia and the United States will take place “in the very near future”. At the same time, the head of the Foreign Ministry did not specify in what format this conversation would take place.
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”.
Peskov also noted that the presidents’ topics of conversation will be the situation in Ukraine and Russia’s relations with NATO. «Naturally, Ukraine—there are a lot of disputes around Ukraine»,— he appreciated. Ushakov said that Putin and Biden will also discuss the situation in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Iran. Subscribe to YouTube RBC Live broadcasts, videos and recordings of broadcasts on our YouTube channel