US President Joe Biden’s proposal to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (13) local time has sparked heated debate from all walks of life, to which the Kremlin poured cold water today (14), saying that the decision would depend on the US side taking “relevant actions”.
According to Reuters, the border conflict between Russia and Ukraine has caused international concern, and Biden called Putin on Tuesday to express the U.S. concern over the sudden build-up of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border and called on the Russian side to ease tensions; Biden also proposed a summit meeting with Putin in a third country.
The Kremlin also said Russia’s military buildup is a military exercise to prevent NATO threats, and that the exercise will end in two weeks.
In response to Biden’s proposal, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that whether or not to hold the summit depends on “relevant actions” to be taken by the U.S. side in the future, but the authorities did not say explicitly what the so-called “relevant actions” involve. What. Peskov also said that it is too early to discuss the summit specifically.
In addition, Peskov revealed that Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, invited U.S. Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan for a meeting today. The U.S. Embassy has not yet commented on the meeting, but Russian news agency RIA Novosti claims that Ushakov will “warn” Sullivan that if the U.S. takes any “unfriendly” steps, such as imposing sanctions, Russian authorities will “act decisively. will “act decisively.
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