White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the telephone conversation between US and Russian Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin lasted about an hour.
“The conversation, I can tell you, lasted about an hour,” Psaki said.
Psaki also added that Biden is confident in the need to maintain a dialogue with Russia after the summit in Geneva.
She noted that the US president ” believes in personal diplomacy when it is possible.”
Earlier, the White House reported that Putin and Biden had a telephone conversation.