Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin propose summit meeting amid tensions over Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden proposed a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at some point of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and voiced difficulty 

                           

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds a meeting with Vladimir Putin on amid tensions Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden proposed a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at some point of a cellphone name on Tuesday wherein he pressured the U.S. commitment to Ukraine’s territorial integrity and voiced difficulty approximately a Russian navy build-up in Crimea and on Ukraine’s borders, the White House stated.

“President Biden additionally made clean that the USA will act firmly in protection of its country wide interests in reaction to Russia’s actions, inclusive of cyber intrusions and election interference,” the White House stated in a short declaration.

“President Biden emphasised the USA’ unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The President voiced our worries over the sudden Russian navy build-up in occupied Crimea and on Ukraine’s borders, and referred to as on Russia to de-escalate tensions,” it added.

The conversation changed into simplest the second one among the 2 leaders considering that Biden have become president on Jan. 20 and it happened amid developing U.S. and European worries approximately Russian remedy of Ukraine.

Western officers say Russia has moved lots of combat-ready troops to Ukraine’s borders this 12 months, the biggest massing of Russian troops because it seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Fighting has escalated in latest weeks in jap Ukraine, wherein government forces have battled Russian-sponsored separatists in a seven-12 months warfare that Kyiv says has killed 14,000 people.

“President Biden reaffirmed his intention of building a strong and predictable dating with Russia steady with U.S. interests, and proposed a summit meeting in a 3rd usa with inside the coming months to talk about the total variety of problems going through the USA and Russia,” the White House declaration added.