Joseph Biden does not rule out meeting Vladimir Putin face to face during the Russian-American talks to be held on January 10 in Geneva.
The US president spoke after a walk on a Delaware beach as Russian diplomacy reiterates that Moscow is awaiting a written pledge from Washington that Ukraine will never be a member of NATO.
Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN: “I don’t think our colleagues will get away with blah blah blah, as Greta Thunberg would say. This time we want some serious. This is not an ultimatum. Our foreign minister and our president have already mentioned it. It is a constructive proposition for everyone and which is in everyone’s interest..”
The West accuse Moscow of having massed tens of thousands of soldiers near the Ukrainian border and the talks in Geneva aim to lower tensions.
Moscow denies any invasion plan and presents itself on the contrary as the target of provocations.
Last week, Vladimir Putin spoke of taking “military and technical” measures if his demands were not heard.
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