Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 31 There are no plans to prepare a conversation between US and Russian Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin yet, first there must be a de-escalation around Ukraine, said White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield. «Not now. We have made it clear that a return to diplomacy at this level requires a major demonstration by Russia of a significant de-escalation,» Bedingfield said at a briefing in response to a related question. She said that so far Washington has not observed such a de-escalation.
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