On the night of Sunday to Monday, the French Presidency announced that the Russian and American presidents had “accepted the principle of such a vertex”.
Le Monde with AFP
Moscow judged, Monday, February 21, that it was too early to talk about a summit bringing together the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to defuse the Russian-Western crisis around from Ukraine, contrary to what Paris had announced.
“There is an agreement on having to continue the dialogue at the level of ministers [foreign affairs],” said the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitri Peskov. However, “talking about concrete plans of summit organization is premature,” he said.
“A meeting is possible if the heads of state [Russian and American] deem it useful,” he, however, added, belonging that MM. Biden and Putin always had the opportunity, “when it’s necessary,” to talk to each other “on the phone or other way”.
Russian President must chair, Monday, half a meeting of his security council, powerful organization that brings together the key Russian decision-makers, including the leaders of the army and intelligence services.
On the night from Sunday to Monday, the French Presidency announced that MM. Biden and Putin had “accepted the principle of such a vertex”, stating that these talks would then be expanded to “all stakeholders” to the Ukrainian crisis provided that Russia does not attack its Ukrainian neighbor. This announcement was made following two exchanges between Mr. Macron and the Russian President and another with the US leader.
On the other hand, a meeting of Russian and American Foreign Ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Antony Blinken, is well scheduled Thursday.
“The situation remains extremely tense” on the front
The Kremlin also pointed out that the “Situation Rest” extremely tense “on the Eastern Front Ukrainian, between the Ukrainian forces and Prorusses separatists, supported by Moscow. “This is disturbing,” said Peskov, whose country makes Ukraine responsible for the worsening of the situation on the ground, accusing him of wanting to commit a “genocide” of Russian-speaking populations.
The Westerners see Moscow’s hand behind the intensification of fighting for several days on the front line and fear that it does not serve as a pretext for Russia, which massaged 150,000 soldiers with Ukrainian borders, to launch an attack massive against its pro-western neighbor.
Moscow is defending any invasion project of Ukraine, but claims that the country never integrates the organization of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and also the withdrawal of the alliance of the countries. Eastern Europe, as many requests rejected by the Westerners so far.