“The leaders called on Russia to reduce the escalation of relations and & nbsp; reaffirmed their steadfast support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine & rap; & nbsp; reports to Reuters the words of spokesman Johnson. RIA Novosti reports that, according to his message, the heads of the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and & nbsp; Italy “ agreed to speak again after tomorrow (December 7 & nbsp; & mdash; & nbsp; & ldquo; Kommersant & rdquo;) President Biden's conversation with & nbsp; President Putin. ''/p> According to the French side, the participants in the dialogue called for the resumption of negotiations in the Normandy format.
“ They reiterated that & nbsp; Russia needs to resume participation in & nbsp; negotiations with & nbsp; Ukraine in & nbsp; Normandy format under the auspices of France and & nbsp; Germany & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; indicated in the & nbsp; message on the & nbsp; website of the Elysee Palace.
The videoconference of the presidents of Russia and & nbsp; the United States, Vladimir Putin and & nbsp; Joe Biden will be held in & nbsp; closed mode, the beginning is expected on & nbsp; Tuesday, 7 & nbsp; December, after 18:00 ; Moscow time. Putin's statements on the results of the meeting are not & nbsp; planned. According to & nbsp; the press secretary of the President of the & nbsp; RF Dmitry Peskov, negotiations will go with & nbsp; use of a closed communication line, which was created during the & nbsp; previous administrations and & nbsp; had not previously been used & nbsp;. On the eve of the meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed on positions with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.