U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-GreenfieldUN, Feb. 10 negotiations between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, but this should happen «under the right circumstances,» US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in an interview with CNN. between Putin and Biden in the coming days, Thomas-Greenfield said: «We keep the doors open for communication with the Russians. As you know, Secretary of State Blinken spoke with Foreign Minister Lavrov just last week, and we know they plan to talk again.» .According to her, the United States is ready to conduct as many diplomatic discussions with the Russian Federation as «it needs to induce it to de-escalate.» When asked whether these diplomatic discussions include and contact with Biden, she pointed out: «We have not put this aside, but it must happen under the right circumstances.» Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and does not intend to attack anyone, and claims of «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders.
Borrell responded on behalf of the EU countries to Lavrov's letter
