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| U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley at the White House in Washington on April 20 |
International Military - Biden shared Zelensky's view that only diplomacy can end this war. That is an important reason for the US president to provide the country with lots of weapons, because it gives him a better negotiating position, he said.
The US president stressed that America will continue to provide weapons and financial support over the coming period.
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"We do not seek war between NATO and Russia as long as Russia does not attack the United States or its allies." He also reiterated that "despite the fact that he finds Putin's behavior disgraceful", he has no intention of overthrowing Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In the previous speech, he said the words: "Oh my God, this person can't stay?" This soon became the target of considerable criticism. He then quickly stated that he was not seeking regime change.
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Biden also has no plans to publicly or covertly pressure Ukraine to force it to give up its territory, for example. This would be wrong and against the established principles.” He stressed the importance of a stable and peaceful Europe.
Russia had to pay a heavy price for this war, otherwise other countries might think that taking a piece of land elsewhere is a good thing. It jeopardizes other democracies. It could even mean the end of the rules-based international community.”
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He concluded by saying that Putin did not expect the West to unite with such a force: “He was wrong.” And that the Russian leader does not expect this to diminish in the coming months. “Otherwise, you are wrong again.”