٠٠:٠٣:١٦Further punitive measures would deal a deadly blow to US-Russia relations, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday, commenting on the telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden.
According to Ushakov, Biden indicated that Washington was not planning to deploy “offensive strike weapons in Ukraine,” but would act should there be moves against Ukraine.
The Kremlin aide added Biden mentioned that "if the escalation continues along the Ukrainian border, Western countries will take large-scale economic, financial and military sanctions".
"But our president immediately reacted to this by saying that if nevertheless, the West decides to impose these unprecedented sanctions under these or those conditions, then all this could lead to a complete rupture of relations between our countries,” said Ushakov.
In turn, Biden noted that Russia and the United States could and "could and should play a key role in efforts to ensure peace and security in Europe and elsewhere in the world".
At the end of the conversation, the presidents agreed that negotiations on security guarantees will take place in January in three formats: a Russia-US meeting to be held on January 9 and 10 in Geneva, followed by another in Brussels between Russia and NATO on January 12, and a final encounter on January 13 at the level of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Russia: Putin warns Biden new sanctions could lead to 'complete rupture' in relations - Kremlin aide
Further punitive measures would deal a deadly blow to US-Russia relations, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday, commenting on the telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden.
According to Ushakov, Biden indicated that Washington was not planning to deploy “offensive strike weapons in Ukraine,” but would act should there be moves against Ukraine.
The Kremlin aide added Biden mentioned that "if the escalation continues along the Ukrainian border, Western countries will take large-scale economic, financial and military sanctions".
"But our president immediately reacted to this by saying that if nevertheless, the West decides to impose these unprecedented sanctions under these or those conditions, then all this could lead to a complete rupture of relations between our countries,” said Ushakov.
In turn, Biden noted that Russia and the United States could and "could and should play a key role in efforts to ensure peace and security in Europe and elsewhere in the world".
At the end of the conversation, the presidents agreed that negotiations on security guarantees will take place in January in three formats: a Russia-US meeting to be held on January 9 and 10 in Geneva, followed by another in Brussels between Russia and NATO on January 12, and a final encounter on January 13 at the level of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Further punitive measures would deal a deadly blow to US-Russia relations, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday, commenting on the telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden.
According to Ushakov, Biden indicated that Washington was not planning to deploy “offensive strike weapons in Ukraine,” but would act should there be moves against Ukraine.
The Kremlin aide added Biden mentioned that "if the escalation continues along the Ukrainian border, Western countries will take large-scale economic, financial and military sanctions".
"But our president immediately reacted to this by saying that if nevertheless, the West decides to impose these unprecedented sanctions under these or those conditions, then all this could lead to a complete rupture of relations between our countries,” said Ushakov.
In turn, Biden noted that Russia and the United States could and "could and should play a key role in efforts to ensure peace and security in Europe and elsewhere in the world".
At the end of the conversation, the presidents agreed that negotiations on security guarantees will take place in January in three formats: a Russia-US meeting to be held on January 9 and 10 in Geneva, followed by another in Brussels between Russia and NATO on January 12, and a final encounter on January 13 at the level of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.