{"id":12861,"date":"2021-12-31T18:14:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T10:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12861"},"modified":"2021-12-31T18:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T10:14:22","slug":"biden-putin-hold-phone-call-amid-heightened-tensions-over-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12861","title":{"rendered":"Biden, Putin hold phone call amid heightened tensions over Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON, Dec 31  — US President Joe Biden spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin via phone on Thursday amid heightened tensions over Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden urged Russia to “de-escalate tensions with Ukraine<\/em>” and he made clear that the United States and its allies and partners will “respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine,” according to a statement by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biden also expressed support for diplomacy, starting early next year with the bilateral Strategic Stability Dialogue, at NATO through the NATO-Russia Council, and at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden reiterated that “substantive progress in these dialogues can occur only in an environment of de-escalation rather than escalation,”<\/em> said the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday’s phone call was the second conversation between Biden and Putin this month. The two leaders spoke on Dec 7 in a video conference that ended with a pledge to restart diplomatic discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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