Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden expressed in a telephone conversation their willingness to continue dialogue on the most important areas of global security, the Kremlin press service reported.
"Both sides expressed their readiness to continue the dialogue on the most important directions of ensuring global security, which would be in the interests not only of Russia and the United States, but also of the entire world community," the statement said.
"Joseph Biden expressed interest in normalizing the situation on the bilateral track and establishing stable and predictable interaction on such acute problems as strategic stability and arms control, the Iranian nuclear program, the situation in Afghanistan, and global climate change," the report reads.
It is specified that in this context, the US president suggested "considering the possibility of holding a personal summit meeting in the foreseeable future".
During the exchange of views on the internal Ukrainian crisis, Vladimir Putin outlined approaches to the political settlement based on the Minsk Package of Measures. It was agreed to instruct the relevant agencies to work on the issues touched upon during the phone conversation," the press service reported.
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Based on materials from RIA Novosti