Putin and Biden started a telephone conversation

This was announced by a representative of the White House.

"The telephone conversation between President Biden and President Putin began at 15:35 US East Coast time," TASS quoted him as saying.

As reported in the US administration, the leaders will discuss the upcoming contacts of the delegations on security issues in January.

The Kremlin noted that Vladimir Putin considered it necessary to have a telephone conversation with Joe Biden before the start of consultations on security guarantees.