“Of course, if there is diplomatic progress, we will welcome it, but we will believe it when we see it with our own eyes on the border (between Russia and Ukraine. -

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),” TASS quotes Psaki.

She also said that the United States authorities support the February 7 talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French leader Emmanuel Macron.

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) Macron was a part yesterday, or the Normandy format, which we fully support.

There is a whole range of discussions that are going on at the same time,” Psaki said.

Earlier, Macron, at a joint press conference in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda, stated the importance of continuing dialogue with Russia in various formats.

He also emphasized the impossibility of normalizing the situation on the world stage without a dialogue with Russia.