In view of the increasing tensions in the Ukraine conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden want to talk on the phone this Saturday.
According to the Kremlin, Washington asked for the talks, according to the White House, the talks are based on a proposal from Russia.
A representative of the US government said on Friday (local time) that Moscow had proposed a phone call on Monday, but finally accepted the counter-proposal of a call this Saturday.
Biden is spending the weekend at Camp David, the country home of the US presidents in the US state of Maryland.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to the Interfax agency: "In fact, the American side asked for a meeting with President Putin and tomorrow evening Moscow time a meeting between the two presidents is planned." Both sides initially gave no information about the exact time of the planned meeting.
Various diplomatic talks
Moscow confirmed a phone call between the head of the Kremlin and French President Emmanuel Macron, which was also scheduled for Saturday.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke to his colleagues from Poland, Germany, Canada, France, Romania and Italy about the Ukraine crisis on Friday, the Pentagon said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock each spoke with their Ukrainian colleague Dmytro Kuleba.
According to information from Berlin, Baerbock's conversation included the current security situation and the upcoming visit by Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday.
The US government said on Friday that it considered a Russian invasion of Ukraine possible before the end of the Winter Olympics in China on February 20.
The US military is therefore relocating around 3,000 more soldiers to the NATO partner country Poland.