Putin Is Open to Talks and Diplomacy on Ukraine, Kremlin Says

Putin Is Open to Talks and Diplomacy on Ukraine, Kremlin Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Young Scientists Congress in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 1, 2022. Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/Pool via Reuters
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MOSCOW—President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Joe Biden suggested he was prepared to speak to the Russian leader.

Biden, speaking beside French President Emmanuel Macron, said the only way to end the war in Ukraine was for Putin to pull troops out and that if Putin was looking to end the conflict then Biden would be prepared to speak to him.