WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 2 (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden on Sunday told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelensky that the United States and its allies “will respond decisively” if Russia decides to invade Ukraine further, he said. report the White House.
The telephone exchange between the two leaders took place days after Joe Biden met twice in the space of a month with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid tensions on the Ukrainian border, where some 100,000 soldiers Russians are deployed.
“President Biden has made it clear that the United States and its allies and partners will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.
Joe Biden and Volodimir Zelensky discussed preparations for a series of diplomatic meetings to come to settle the crisis with Russia, the White House said.
American and Russian representatives will meet on January 9 and 10 in Geneva, before discussions between Russia and NATO and a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). (Report Jarrett Renshaw and Jan Wolfe; French version Laetitia Volga, said by Jean Terzian)