Rehoboth Beach: President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will talk Thursday because Russian leaders have increased their demands for security guarantees in Eastern Europe.
Both leaders will discuss “various topics, including future diplomatic involvement,” said the spokesman for the National Security Council Emily Horne said in a statement that announced a call.
The talks came when the US and Western allies had witnessed the Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, growing with an estimated 100,000 and triggered fear that Moscow was invading Ukraine.
State Secretary Antony Blinken spoke on Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelskyy.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ned Price said Blinken “reaffirmed the unwavering support of the United States for the independence, sovereignty, and integrity of the Territorial of Ukraine in the face of the Russian military buildup at the Ukrainian border.” Prices said the two efforts were discussed to resolve peaceful conflicts in East Ukraine and diplomatic involvement that will come with Russia.
Putin said earlier this week he would reflect on many choices if the West failed to fulfill his encouragement for security guarantees by preventing NATO expansion to Ukraine.
Earlier this month, Moscow submitted a draft security document demanding that NATO refuse membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and rewind the military deployment in Central and Eastern Europe.
The US and its allies refused to offer Russia the type of guarantee in Ukraine that Putin wanted, citing the principle of NATO that membership was open to each qualifying country.
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However, to hold talks with Russia next month to discuss his worries.
The US and Russia will hold high-level talks on January 10, 10.
Moscow and NATO representatives are expected to meet the same week and Russia and organizations for security and cooperation in Europe, which includes the United States.
In Thursday’s call, which was requested by Russia, Biden is expected to emphasize that the US is united with its allies but will show the willingness to be involved in “principled diplomacy” with Russia, according to a senior administrative official who gives briefing to reporters in the upcoming call.
The official talked about the condition of anonymity.
Both leaders held a video call earlier this month.
The official added that the White House saw the involvement of leaders and leaders as important as the administration of searching for the way “the moment of crisis” for worries that are getting worse than the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
In 2014, Russian troops marched to the Crimean Black Sea Peninsula and seized the area of Ukraine.
Annexation Russia about Crimea – One of the darker moments for former President Barack Obama at the international stage – towering is great because Biden is seen containing a burning crisis at this time.
The National Building National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has clarified in public comments that the administration is ready to discuss Moscow’s concerns about NATO in talks with Russian officials, but emphasizes that Washington is committed to “your principle without you” in forming a policy “that affects European allies.” Approaching a broader question about diplomacy with Russia from the point of view …
Progress meaningful in the negotiating table, of course, will occur in the context of de-escalation than escalation, “said Sullivan,” said Sullivan) at an event organized by the Board Foreign relations earlier this month.
He added “that it is very difficult to see the agreement perfect if we continue to see the Escalatory cycle.” Both leaders were also expected during Thursday’s call to discuss efforts to persuade Iran to return to the 2015 nuclear Accord, which was effectively removed by Trump administration.
Although there are differences in Ukraine and other problems, White House officials say Iran’s nuclear problems are one where they believe in the U.S.
And Russia can work cooperatively.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Putin would talk to Biden on Thursday but did not provide details.
Biden, Putin to hold a call to enhanced security demands
