"I believe that the upcoming contacts between the two presidents, announced in the Kremlin, will help stabilize relations," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Antonov noted that the negotiations will help calm the situation, which "has become excessively heated in Europe and throughout the world."
Earlier, the assistant to the Russian leader Yuri Ushakov said that talks between Putin and Biden in the format of a video conference could take place in the coming days.