“Unfortunately, there was no response to the offer to talk live and dot all the different letters of the Russian and English alphabets,” he said.

Lavrov also called Biden's statements made in an interview with ABC as outrageous and unprecedented rhetoric.

The Foreign Minister stressed that Putin reacted to her diplomatically and politely.

On March 18, Putin invited Biden to hold open talks online.

He also wished his American colleague good health, commenting on Biden's affirmative answer to the journalist's provocative question whether he considers the Russian leader a "killer."