US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a telephone talk on the 30th of this month over the ongoing tensions in Ukraine.
The focus will be on finding clues for tension relief through talks between leaders.
The White House of the United States announced on the 29th that President Biden will hold a telephone talk with President Putin on the 30th of this month while the West is increasing caution that Russian troops are deploying large-scale troops around the border with neighboring Ukraine. Did.
A spokesman for the Russian Presidential Administration also revealed that the telephone talks will be held on the 30th.
A high-ranking official of the Biden administration told reporters that the talks would be held at the request of the Russian side, and the bilateral talks between the United States and Russia scheduled for January and the talks between NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russia He said he would exchange opinions on such things.
"President Biden will make it clear at the parley that he is ready to move forward on a diplomatic path," he said, saying he would seek a solution through diplomacy.
On the other hand, he said, "We are also preparing for a response in the event of Russia's invasion of Ukraine," he said, saying that Russia is coordinating stricter economic sanctions with its allies than when Russia annexed Crimea in southern Ukraine in 2014.
The meeting between President Biden and President Putin has been held online on the 7th of this month, and the focus will be on finding clues to alleviate tensions through the meeting between leaders.