Russian and & nbsp; US presidents Vladimir Putin and & nbsp; Joe Biden held bilateral online talks. To improve Russian-American relations, the head of the & nbsp; RF suggested to his colleague that all restrictions on the & nbsp; work of diplomatic missions be canceled. At the & nbsp; meeting, Putin stressed that & nbsp; it is not & nbsp; to shift responsibility on & nbsp; shoulders of Russia & raquo; for & nbsp; development of the Ukrainian territory of NATO. He also recalled & nbsp; Kiev's ignorance of the Minsk agreements and & nbsp; provocative actions in & nbsp; Donbass.
In a conversation with & nbsp; Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin said that & nbsp; their & nbsp; cooperation is still in poor condition & nbsp;
In his opinion, the restriction of the work of the diplomatic missions of both countries is a consequence of the line of the American authorities, which five years ago began to practice large-scale restrictions, bans and mass expulsions of Russian diplomats. that & nbsp; could & nbsp; serve and & nbsp; normalize other aspects of bilateral relations & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said in the & nbsp; transcript on the & nbsp; Kremlin website.
It is known that & nbsp; Biden in & nbsp; during the videoconference emphasized the allegedly “ threatening '' the nature of the movement of Russian troops near & nbsp; Ukrainian borders. “ Vladimir Putin in & nbsp; the answer emphasized that & nbsp; not & nbsp; should shift the responsibility on & nbsp; shoulders of Russia, since it is NATO that is making dangerous attempts to develop Ukrainian territory and & nbsp; is building up military potential at & nbsp; our borders & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; written in the & nbsp; statement.
It is noted that & nbsp; Russia is seriously interested in & nbsp; obtaining reliable, legally fixed guarantees, excluding the expansion of NATO in & nbsp; eastward and & nbsp; deployment in & nbsp; adjacent to & nbsp; Russia states of attack offensive weapons systems. The leaders of the two countries agreed to instruct their representatives to enter into substantive consultations on & nbsp; these sensitive issues.
The note is being supplemented.
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