US and Russia take more measured stance in Ukraine talks

Saturday, 22 January 2022Newsdesk

The United States and Russia scaled back their confrontational rhetoric over Eastern European security Friday, agreeing to extend negotiations as the Biden administration pursues a fragile diplomatic path to averting a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

New Delhi, 22 January 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in a hastily scheduled meeting in Geneva that the United States would provide written responses next week to Russia’s demands that the West unwind its military presence in Eastern Europe.Both sides said that the two diplomats planned to speak again after that, and they left the door open to another conversation between President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin to try to resolve the crisis.

Source - The Indian Express