A White House spokesperson for security issues announced on Tuesday that Washington and Moscow will negotiate on January 10 on the tensions concerning Ukraine and nuclear arms control issues.
“The United States has looking forward to engaging in dialogue with Russia“, affirmed this spokesperson of the National Security Council. A meeting between Russia and NATO could then take place on January 12, followed on January 13 by a meeting between Russia and the Organization for the security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE), of which the United States is a part, added the spokesperson.
Bilateral talks on January 10 will be held as part of the strategic security dialogue launched by Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Poutin at their Geneva summit last June. Although this format is mainly devoted to the renegotiation of post-Cold War nuclear arms control treaties, the discussions will also concern the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border, where Moscow has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers, indicated a senior official of the American executive wishing to also remain anonymous.
Should the meetings with NATO and the OSCE concern especially Ukraine. Russia has been accused for more than a month by the West of having massed large forces on the Ukrainian border, with a view to a possible military intervention against Kiev.
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