[Global Network Reporter Li Shirui] According to news from Russia's TASS news agency on the 22nd, Russian President's Press Secretary and Kremlin spokesman Peskov said in an interview with the media that the "Kremlin-White House Hotline" (namely "White House Hotline") established after the Cuban Missile Crisis The Moscow-Washington hotline") is still operational, but Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden have not yet used it.

　　According to reports, Peskov gave an affirmative answer when asked whether the hotline was still in use.

“There is no question that (the two leaders) could use (the hotline) if they wanted to,” he said.

　　The report mentioned that Peskov also said that so far there has been no need to use the hotline.

According to reports, Peskov said in response to related questions, "No."

　　In 1962, after the Cuban Missile Crisis ended, senior White House officials felt that if the exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union could be done faster, the crisis would be resolved more easily.

In June 1963, the United States and the Soviet Union signed the "Memorandum on the Establishment of a Direct Communication Hotline" in Geneva, Switzerland. This direct communication hotline is to build trust between the United States and the Soviet Union and prevent the outbreak of a nuclear war due to misunderstanding or conflicting information. .

The summit hotline links the White House and the Kremlin.

The terminal of the U.S.-Soviet hotline in Moscow is called the "Red Machine". The so-called "Red Machine" is actually a name for nothing. It has no voice call function, and it is more like a password telex machine. This move is mainly because the two heads of state are worried. Audio transmission is prone to misunderstanding or mishearing.

TASS said that in recent years, the presidents of Russia and the United States have communicated directly by phone when necessary.

　　According to CNN, US President Biden delivered a fierce speech in Warsaw, Poland on the 21st local time.

Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his State of the Union address.

CNN claimed that Biden accused the Russian leader in very sharp language and even singled out Putin 10 times in his speech. In contrast, Putin did not name Biden once in his long speech in Moscow earlier in the day.

　　(Source: World Wide Web)