The United States and Russia are set to hold dialogue on nuclear arms control and tensions over a military build up around Ukraine on January 10, a White House official said.

“The US looks forward to engaging with Russia. When we sit down to talk, Russia can put its concerns on the table and we will put our concerns on the table with Russia"s activities as well”, - a spokesman for the National Security Council told the media.

The Russia Foreign Ministry confirmed the planned talks.

The bilateral meeting on January 10 will take place under the Strategic Security Dialogue initiative, which was kick-started by US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at their summit in Geneva in June last year.