(Washington Composite Electric) US President Biden was invited to call with Russian President Putin on Thursday.Before the talks, senior US officials revealed that Biden would provide Putin with a "diplomatic approach" to resolve the tension caused by the Ukrainian crisis.
The White House said that the talks will be held at 3:30 pm on Thursday time (Singapore on Friday at 4:30 in the morning).
A senior US government officials who did not want to be named told reporters on Wednesday that Biden would tell Putin in the call that "we have prepared for diplomacy and a forward diplomatic road."
But officials said that Biden would also tell Putin that "if Russia further invaded Ukraine, we are also going to respond."He added the issue of "continuous and correct concern" the Russian army gathered near the Ukrainian border.
In 2014, Russia occupied the Ukraine Krimea Peninsula and supported the operation of the divided molecules in eastern Ukraine.In the past two months, Russia has gathered tens of thousands of soldiers near Ukraine, which shocked the West and believes that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine.
Russia has denied it, but also expresses its concerns about re -armed Ukraine in the West, saying that he hopes to get legal binding guarantees.Neighbors deploy certain offensive weapons.
Bayeng government officials said that the United States' concerns about the Russian and Ukraine border issues have not faded in recent weeks.Although there are reports on the weekend that Russia will withdraw about 10,000 soldiers from the border, so far they have not seen relevant evidence.A official said: "We are at a crisis time. Given that Russia's assembly has been a few weeks, it is necessary to participate in high -level participation to solve this problem and find a way to ease the situation."
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Officials also revealed that the call was proposed by the Kremlin.
The Kremlin spokesman Peskov confirmed that Putin would call Putin, but did not provide details, nor did it confirm whether it was a call for call by Russia.
A spokesman for the White House National Security Council issued a statement on Wednesday that Biden and Putin will discuss a series of issues, including security talks with Russia.
US -Russian officials will hold a security dialogue in Geneva on the 10th of the next month, and then Russia will also talk to NATO and other European countries.
Hone said that Biden had talked with the leaders of European countries on the situation of the Ukrainian border. U.S. government officials were also linked to NATO, the European Union and European Security and Cooperation Organization (OSCE).She said: "The U.S. government continues to conduct extensive diplomatic contact with European allies and partners, and negotiates and coordinate the joint response method of Russia to gather military power on the Ukrainian border."
