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| Russia's Vladimir Putin has telephoned President Barack Obama to discuss the US proposal for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine, the White House says. | Russia's Vladimir Putin has telephoned President Barack Obama to discuss the US proposal for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine, the White House says. |
| Mr Obama suggested that Russia put a concrete response in writing, his spokesman said in a statement. | Mr Obama suggested that Russia put a concrete response in writing, his spokesman said in a statement. |
| According to the Kremlin, Mr Putin suggested examining how the situation could be stabilised. | |
| Russia's annexation of Crimea has sparked international condemnation. | Russia's annexation of Crimea has sparked international condemnation. |
| The US president urged Mr Putin to avoid the build-up of forces on the Russian border with Ukraine. | |
| The White House said the two countries' foreign ministers would meet soon to discuss the next steps. | |
| The US proposal was developed in consultation with Ukraine and other European countries. | |
| Mr Obama received Mr Putin's call in Saudi Arabia - the latest leg of a trip which also took the US president to Europe where the Ukraine crisis dominated discussions. | |
| The Kremlin said in a statement that the Russian president drew Mr Obama's attention to "the continued rampage of extremists" in Kiev and various regions of Ukraine. | |
| Mr Putin suggested examining possible steps the global community could take to help stabilise the situation, the Kremlin statement said. | |
| Meanwhile in New York, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he had been assured by President Putin that the Russian leader "had no intention to make any military move". | |
| Russia's reported troop movements near Ukraine's eastern border - described as a "huge military build-up" by Nato - has triggered fears that Mr Putin's interest in Ukraine is not limited to Crimea. | |
| The BBC's North America Editor, Mark Mardell, said Friday night's phone call could indicate tentative progress towards a diplomatic solution - just when fears were growing in the West that Russia could be about to stage an invasion of eastern Ukraine. |