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Kremlin spokesman: Moscow-Washington hotline not in use now

Kremlin spokesman: Moscow-Washington hotline not in use now
20.11.2024 11:01
The US-Soviet Hotline, created for the Soviet and American leaders in the wake of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, is not being used at this point, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

When asked whether this channel of communication remains active to date he replied: "No. We now have a special protected communication channel for the two presidents <…>. Moreover, [it] even [has the option of] the video conference format," he said.

Peskov added that there have been no contacts via this new channel lately.

According to the Kremlin’s official website, the latest phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart took place on February 12, 2022.

The Washington-Moscow hotline was created after the Cuban Missile Crisis for emergency talks between the leaders of the USSR and the United States. It began operating on August 30, 1963.

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