US President Joe Biden has warned that is preparing “a series of measures” to protect Ukraine should the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, decide to launch a military attack against the former Soviet republic, on whose border he is accumulating combat troops.
Biden has not detailed, however, what kind of measures his government is considering, although the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, warned a few days ago that Washington and its allies they would hit Moscow with heavy economic sanctions if you decide to attack Ukraine.
“I am organizing what I think will be the most comprehensive and meaningful set of measures (yet) to make it very difficult for Mr. Putin to go ahead and do what people are concerned about him doing. That is what is at stake now. himself, “said Biden, who explained that he, Blinken and his national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, are in” close contact “with the Ukrainian government and the” allies “of the US in Europe.
Biden and Putin will speak next Tuesday
Precisely, the Kremlim announced this Saturday that the long-awaited telematic meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia It will take place next Tuesday, December 7. The conversation will take place “in the afternoon”, Russian time, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told Russia’s official Sputnik news agency. Shortly after, the White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, confirmed the appointment in a brief statement.
“Leaders will try various issues of the US-Russia relationship, including strategic stability and IT and regional issues “, has indicated Psaki in an official text, to which he added:” President Biden will underline the US concern over Russian military activities on the border with Ukraine and will reaffirm the United States’ support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. “
This meeting would be the continuation of the face-to-face meeting held in Geneva on June 16, the first since Biden’s arrival at the White House in January. Among the issues to be discussed, Kremlin officials have advanced that the COVID-19 pandemic, the fight against climate change or the energy market will have their moment of discussion, although other current issues will also creep in, such as the Russian military mobilization near Ukraine or the future of nuclear negotiations with Iran.
The pulse around Ukraine, in fact, it was the great protagonist of the meeting they held on Thursday in Stockholm the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov. Blinken warned Lavrov that a possible Russian intervention in Ukraine would have “serious consequences.”
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