White House: Biden and Putin have no plans to meet or talk
“Now is not the time to talk or meet,” White House spokesman Jen Saki told reporters Thursday evening local time. We are not planning to meet or contact them. The President of the United States has been very clear on this.
Asked if Biden would speak to Putin if Russian forces continue to be present in Ukraine, he said: “I can not make such an assessment. Currently, they are attacking an independent country and their actions are intensifying every day. We will never remove diplomacy from the table, but now is not the time.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky has announced his readiness to hold direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to IRNA, Zelensky said in an interview with CNN, part of which was published in the Russian media on Tuesday night, that he was ready to sit at the negotiating table with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He added: “The world knows the fact that we have to sit at the negotiating table with the Russian president.” At the moment it is still possible to negotiate with them and I am ready for this action.
The Ukrainian president said that at least a reference to a ceasefire was needed to negotiate with Russia.
According to him, the ceasefire should be mentioned in the first place, because it should not be the case that military planes and helicopters carry out combat missions while we are behind the negotiating table.
The Ukrainian president also said that in a telephone conversation with the US president, Biden told him that the time had not yet come to close Ukraine’s airspace.
According to the Ukrainian president, he had asked Biden to close Ukraine’s skies to Russian missiles, planes and helicopters and to deny Russia access to all ports, waterways and airports.
According to IRNA, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (February 21st) criticized the West for not paying attention to Moscow’s security concerns and announced that his country recognizes the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics and signs cooperation and friendship agreements with the heads of the Kremlin. These republics signed.
In a speech on Russian national television on the morning of Thursday (February 24th), Putin announced military action in Donbas and called on Ukrainian forces to lay down their weapons and go home.
As the fire of war continues, the flood of global reactions to the event continues, and diplomatic pressure and international threats and sanctions against Russia are increasing.