Moscow, Dec 18 : Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden have strong disagreements on a number of important issues, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
During previous talks, Putin elaborated on Russia’s national interests and “red lines”, but Biden showed unwillingness to recognise them, Xinhua news agency quoted Peskov as saying in a televised interview on Friday.
While the Presidents had “mutually respectful, constructive and very businesslike” conversations, “they are not friends since they did not communicate much”, he said.Putin and Biden held their first-ever face-to-face summit in Geneva in June and met via video link last week, achieving no breakthrough in mending bilateral ties.ksk/
Putin and Biden differ on key issues: Kremlin
During the previous talks, Putin spoke about Russia’s “red lines” and national interests, but Biden refused to recognize them.He said that while the Presidents were able to have “mutually respectful and constructive” conversations with each other, they aren’t friends because they didn’t communicate as much.
Putin and Biden met face-to-face in Geneva last June.They also connected via video link last Wednesday.However, they did not achieve any breakthroughs in bilateral relations.
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