OREANDA-NEWS. The Financial Times wrote that the US president made a "significant diplomatic concession" to Russia during the talks, saying he was preparing a meeting at which NATO members were to discuss Moscow's concerns over the alliance's enlargement.

US President Joe Biden did not conclude any agreements or make any concessions to Russia. State Department press chief Ned Price said this at a briefing.

"Absolutely no deals were made, there were no concessions or similar discussions,"- he said in response to a related question.

The Financial Times earlier wrote that Biden had made a "significant diplomatic concession" to Russia, saying he was preparing a meeting at which NATO members are to discuss Moscow's concerns about the alliance's enlargement.

The article noted that Russia was counting on the alliance to pledge not to move eastwards.

"Biden's words about seeking a potential 'compromise' with Moscow in Eastern Europe will frighten many Eastern European NATO members and U.S. allies, who fear that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use the threat of military force to seek concessions on the U.S. military presence in Europe,"- the paper said.

The paper cited a White House spokesman as saying that "high-level meetings" would be announced closer to the end of the working week. The US, Russia, as well as at least four "key allies" of Washington are planning to take part in the summit.

The Russian and US presidents met in an online conference format on 7 December. There, the heads of state discussed bilateral relations, the situation in Ukraine, strategic stability and NATO's enlargement prospects.

After the talks, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that Moscow and Washington would work out the format of the meeting to discuss security guarantees with regard to Russian "red lines". He noted that there were "a whole series of venues" where such discussions could take place.