During his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President of the United States Joe Biden “clearly” voiced the specific reasons for Washington’s concern over the situation around Ukraine. This statement was made by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Monday, December 13.
Thus, he answered the question about the existence of “conceptual differences” between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine.
“I think the president was very, very clear with Putin about what concerns we had and what the consequences would be as a result of another invasion,” he said during the briefing, which was broadcast on the page of the US defense department. v Twitter.
At the same time, Kirby declined to comment on the nature and other details of these differences.
On December 12, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that after talking with Biden, Vladimir Putin did not have any special reasons for joy, since the situation at the moment is very serious.
On the same day, Peskov spoke about the tone of the talks between Putin and Biden. According to him, the presidents of Russia and the United States communicated specifically during the talks and did not allow discrepancies, even despite the friendly nature of the talks.
The online summit of the leaders of Russia and the United States was held on December 7 in a tete-a-tete format. The talks were held behind closed doors via a secure video link and lasted about two hours. The Kremlin said that the summit was frank and businesslike.
During the conversation, they discussed the situation in Ukraine, the expansion of NATO to the east, Afghanistan, the Iranian nuclear program, cyber security and the issue of bilateral relations.
Source: IZ
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