The presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, will continue the dialogue after the New Year, and the exact date of the next meeting of the leaders will depend on the situation in the security talks. This was said to reporters by the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov after a telephone conversation between the presidents, TASS reports.
"The presidents, which is very important, agreed to continue the dialogue after the New Year," Ushakov said.
According to him, the current conversation "was good, constructive, frank", as well as businesslike and meaningful. "It seems to me that this creates a good, even better, background for the start of negotiations [between the Russian Federation and the United States] in Geneva on January 9-10," the aide to the Russian leader said. In general, the talks will be held in three directions - after the Geneva consultations, these will be the contacts in Brussels on the Russia-NATO line on January 12 and in Vienna on the Russia-OSCE line on January 13.
"The parties will take bilateral talks seriously. And the Geneva negotiation process will be under the personal supervision and control of the two presidents, "Ushakov said, stressing that the leaders had" agreed to maintain telephone contact "on the issue. .
Ushakov noted that in addition to the consultations in Geneva, the presidents will "monitor the negotiations along other lines." "And if necessary, they will communicate with each other and give their valuable instructions to the negotiating teams. It is only natural that such an agreement was reached. "But I don't know exactly when and on what day [the next] [Putin's and Biden's] conversation will take place, and no one knows, it will depend on the situation," Ushakov explained.
According to him, if a conversation at the presidential level is necessary immediately after January 10, "it is quite possible that the presidents will agree to organize this conversation." "If not, then after some other time. But the main thing is that it was agreed to maintain close contact on this issue between the presidents, "said the Kremlin spokesman.
"The dialogue will continue through the administration, which will push the negotiation process, which will take place in three directions (in Geneva, Brussels and Vienna - TASS)," said the Russian presidential aide.
"President Putin has said that we attach great importance to these talks, but the talks should not turn into chatter. Therefore, in the first place, we are not waiting for the negotiation process itself, but we are waiting for concrete results in accordance with our concerns, including expressed on paper, "Ushakov said.
Speaking about how long the consultations could last, the Kremlin spokesman noted that the Russian side "will consider how the negotiations will continue, will consider one, two, three rounds and will draw conclusions further."
Ushakov noted that the Kremlin considers it important to continue the dialogue between Moscow and Washington, and President Biden, for his part, promised that it would be so.
"He (Biden), of course, said that the United States will consult, will consult closely with its allies during the negotiation process [with the Russian Federation]. We said that, of course, we treat this with understanding, but it is important that Moscow and Washington continue the frank bilateral dialogue, "Ushakov said.
He said that in words about the importance of the dialogue, "Biden confirmed that he will build his own line in the future" with Moscow.
The Kremlin is pleased with the telephone contact between the presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, and the focus of the conversation was generally constructive, Ushakov said.
"In general, we are satisfied with the contact, with the talks, because they were frank, meaningful and concrete. I can say that in general the focus of this conversation was quite constructive, "Ushakov said. He confirmed the announcement from the American side that the conversation lasted 50 minutes.
The Kremlin spokesman added that the presidents were well prepared for the conversation and it turned out to be "really serious, although it is only natural that the leaders congratulated each other on the New Year holidays and wished success to the Russian and American people." "But I would especially like to emphasize that this was not a purely New Year's conversation, a Christmas gathering. "I would say that exactly one day before the New Year, a really important event took place, in which our and the American presidents played their role," he concluded.
"It is important that the American side demonstrates a desire to understand the logic and essence of Russia's concerns, which were set out in ... two documents that, as you know, were handed over to Washington and NATO headquarters," Ushakov said.
Asked if it was possible to say that the presidents had made progress in reaching a compromise, the Russian leader's aide said "it is not yet clear what a compromise is." "For us, of course, the negotiation process means that we will take into account some considerations of the American side or of our Western partners in general. This is the essence of our position, we will strive for it, "Ushakov summed up.
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