President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible solution to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Joe Biden suggested he was ready to talk to the Russian leader.
Biden, speaking next to French President Emmanuel Macron, said the only way to end the war in Ukraine was for Putin to pull troops out and that Biden would be willing to talk to Putin if he wanted to end the conflict.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, when asked about Biden’s remarks, said in a softer tone that Putin was open to talks but that Russia would not pull out of Ukraine.
“The President of the Russian Federation has always been, is and will be open to dialogue to ensure our interests,” Peskov told reporters.
Putin has said he has no regrets about launching Russia’s “special military operation” against Ukraine, presenting it as a watershed moment when Russia finally came to terms with the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The haughty stood up to Western hegemony after decades of humiliation. Federation.