Ukraine: Joe Biden promises sanctions against Russia in case of escalation
The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, pictured in the Kremlin during his exchange of the day with American Joe Biden.
Moscow, December 7, 2021. AFP - MIKHAIL METZEL
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During a virtual summit, this Tuesday, December 7, US President Joe Biden told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin his deep concerns about the actions lent to Moscow on the side of his neighborhood.
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According to the White House, Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin that Washington and its allies would respond with strong measures, especially economic ones, in the event of military escalation on the side of Ukraine.
The United States denounces the increase in the number of Russian troops at the border and the American president reaffirms his support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of this country.
He calls for the return of the diplomatic channel between Kiev and Moscow.
According to the statement released by Washington at the end of the meeting, the two heads of state also spoke about cybersecurity and their "
common work on regional subjects such as Iran
".
The White House has also announced that Mr. Biden will meet, by telephone on Tuesday, with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Ministers Mario Draghi and British Boris Johnson.
The United States presidency recalls that it had agreed on Monday to stay in close contact with them.
The French head of state declared on Tuesday, on the sidelines of a trip to the center of France, wanting to "
engage in work and a process of appeasement
" with Moscow, when the American president but also the 'EU, brandish the sanctions.
"
The idea is rather to try to re-engage him
(Vladimir Poutine, editor's note)
in formats of coordination with us
", he confided, recalling the existence of the Normandy format between Ukraine, Russia, the 'Germany and France.
Emmanuel Macron evokes the idea of a format to "remove the tension on the relationship with NATO", Moscow being by nature very hostile to any idea of a possible integration of Ukraine into the Atlantic Alliance.
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