This was announced in the White House.

“President Biden reaffirmed his goal of building a stable and predictable relationship with Russia in line with US interests and proposed a summit meeting in a third country in the coming months to discuss the full range of issues facing the US and Russia,” the statement reads.

Earlier, the White House reported that Biden and Putin had held telephone calls.

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."

Later, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the American side did not respond to Putin's offer to negotiate with Biden.