MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow will submit its proposals for a security dialogue with the U.S. a week after his call with U.S. President Joe Biden amid Western concerns about a Russian military buildup near the Ukrainian border.
The Russian leader reaffirmed his denial of planning to attack Ukraine, but said that Moscow can’t remain indifferent to NATO’s possible expansion to its neighbor.
“Russia will prepare its arguments literally in a few days, within a week, and we will submit it to the American side for consideration,” he said, adding that he and Biden have agreed to “form a structure that would deal with it in a detailed and thorough way.”
He described the two-hour conversation with Biden in a video call Tuesday as “very open, specific and, I would say constructive.”
“We have an opportunity to continue this dialogue, which I think is the most important thing,” Putin told reporters after talks in Sochi with visiting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.