And a host of ‘other things’….
They will exchange comments by video again…
Giving the Russian President a few things he wants…
Number one being seen as a strong world power….
Second?
One would doubt that the Ukraine will ever become a member off NATO while Putin leads Russia…
Maybe an ‘associate member’…
But Biden is bound to accede to the Putin demand that the Ukraine NOT become a full member of the Western Defense group…
More countries have threatened the Russian leaders with severe economic restrictions…
Biden, the true legislator he is, is seeking to find things the two can agree on..
Thus doing what Donald Trump couldn’t…
Make ‘deals’….
Stay tuned for the new global diplomatic chess moves….
At the Ukraine’s expense …
The two leaders also reportedly discussed strategic stability, ransomware and joint work on regional issues, including Iran.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a video released on state TV that Putin had no specific reason to be optimistic following his discussion with Biden because the two countries still disagree when it comes to Moscow’s “red lines” that it doesn’t want the west to violate, according to Reuters.
Russia has said it does not want specific offensive weapons to be used in countries around it, including Ukraine, and it does not want NATO to grow eastward, the news service reported.
During their call last week, Putin told Biden that the troops on the border are in Russian territory and do not present a threat to anyone, Reuters noted….
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We’ll see if President Biden gets any props for the way he’s handling this without the media ‘noise’….