Readouts from the telephone call between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin late last week make it clear that little was achieved in the discussion. Another forum of two is Mr Biden's discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Here again, there is a definitive preference from Mr Xi to reduce the discussion to the hard tacks of one-on-one. US President Joe Biden waves as he meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping in November. The Iran nuclear talks in Vienna have not made as much progress as diplomats would like.

Source: Ethiopian News January 01, 2022 14:08 UTC