Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed an agreement with American leader Joe Biden to hold telephone talks on January 2. He announced this on December 31 on his Twitter.
“As we agreed with our strategic partner – the United States:“ nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine ”. I look forward to speaking with President Biden again this Sunday to coordinate our steps towards peace in Ukraine and security in Europe, ”Zelenskiy wrote.
Earlier that day, US President Joe Biden expressed his intention on January 2 to speak with his Ukrainian counterpart, as reported by a White House spokesman.
Late in the evening of December 30, telephone conversations between the presidents of Russia and the United States took place, they lasted 50 minutes. The dialogue was preceded by a face-to-face meeting of the two leaders, as said by the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov. This conversation became a logical continuation of the talks held in the Russia-US videoconference at the beginning of December.
As the aide to the Russian leader, Yuri Ushakov, said, Putin made several calls to convey to his American counterpart the idea that Russia would seek security guarantees in the same way as any other country, including the United States, would do.
Russian-American talks on strategic stability and security issues will take place on January 10. Thereafter, on January 12, the issue of European security and the situation in Ukraine will be discussed at a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council and on January 13 with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Source: IZ
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