The phone conversation between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, will take place on Saturday morning, Washington time (Saturday afternoon, Moscow time), a White House spokesperson has said, TASS reported.

"President Biden and President Putin of Russia will be speaking on Saturday morning," the spokesperson said.

"Russia proposed a call Monday. The White House counter-proposed Saturday, and they accepted," the official added.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday that Putin and Biden were expected to have a phone conversation on Saturday.