Biden and Putin’s phone call lasted more than an hour – SME.sk

WASHINGTON. Saturday’s phone call between US President Joe Biden and his Kremlin counterpart Vladimir Putin about Russian troops gathering near Ukraine ended after an hour and two minutes, the White House said.

TASR informed about it on the basis of the AFP report. “President’s secure call Bidena with Russian President Putin was terminated at 12:06 (18:06 CET), “the White House said.

“If Mask will attack Ukraine, a decisive and swift response will follow, “he told Biden Putin, according to the White House.

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According to Biden, a Russian invasion would bring “widespread human suffering.” But the United States is ready for diplomacy and “other possible scenarios,” Biden quoted the White House as saying.

According to an unnamed US administration official, the phone call between Biden and Putin did not bring about any fundamental change in the stalemate over Russian troops gathering near the border with Ukraine.

The telephone conversation was “professional and factual and lasted a little over an hour. There has been no fundamental change in dynamics that has been going on for several weeks,” the official told reporters on condition of anonymity.

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According to the RIA Novosti agency, the talks of the presidents were preceded by a meeting between the foreign and defense ministers of both countries.

RIA Novosti noted that Putin and Biden last made a phone call late last year. In addition, in early December, the talks took the form of a video conference.

The main topics of these talks were the settlement of the intra-Ukrainian conflict and the provision of legal guarantees for Russia’s security.