Russian President Vladimir Putin has crossed his American counterpart Joe Biden off his New Year’s wish list. “We are currently so deep in mutual hostility that there will certainly be no wishes,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. According to Russia’s Interfax news agency, Peskov did not say whether other heads of state and government that Russia has labeled “hostile” because of sanctions should wait in vain for New Year’s greetings from Moscow.
According to the Kremlin, the Russian president is expected to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before the change of time. “Actually, this meeting is being prepared,” Peskov confirmed.
Xi Jinping and Putin last met in September on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Xi Jinping also hosted Putin’s predecessor, Dmitry Medvedev, in Beijing last week. China has officially spoken out in favor of a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine war, but has not condemned the invasion and has not joined Western sanctions against Russia.
The Kremlin spokesman denied that a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron was planned in the coming days.
Source: News Beast
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