High-ranking US and Russian security officials are expected to meet and accelerate coordination towards the first summit between President Biden and President Putin.

Some say that the first meeting will be held in Switzerland in June.

According to the announcement by the US and Russian governments, National Security Adviser Sullivan, who is in charge of security policy at the White House, and Russian National Security Council Secretary Patruschev met in Geneva, Switzerland on the 24th.



According to the joint statement, both sides agreed that normalization of US-Russian relations would benefit both countries and lead to global stability, and that it was an important step toward the first summit meeting between President Biden and President Putin. It is said that it has become.



In addition, the Russian side said that the meeting of high-ranking officials focused on strategic stability, and it seems that the issue of nuclear disarmament was also on the agenda.



Saki, a spokesman for the White House, said at a press conference on the 24th that "the schedule and location of the summit meeting are being adjusted," but the Associated Press and other officials said in mid-June in Geneva, Switzerland. It conveys the view that it will be done.



While the Biden administration attaches great importance to competition with China, which it considers to be the "largest competitor," it seems that it also wants to pave the way for building a certain relationship with Russia at an early summit meeting.