The summit proposed by American President Joe Biden with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place in Geneva on June 16.

The White House and the Kremlin announced this almost simultaneously on Tuesday.

Putin had long left open whether he would accept Biden's invitation to a face-to-face meeting.

The aim is to develop Russian-American relations, the Kremlin announced.

International issues should also be discussed, including the fight against the corona pandemic and the resolution of regional conflicts.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Biden and Putin would discuss "the full range" of pressing issues.

The aim is to restore "predictability and stability" in bilateral relations.

Biden's first trip abroad takes him to the G-7 summit June 11-13 in Great Britain and to the top NATO meeting on June 14 in Belgium.

A top meeting of the USA and the EU is also planned in Brussels on the same day.

Then he travels to Geneva.

The talks should also be about arms control and strategic stability in the world.

An agenda has not yet been set, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov had previously said. 

Regardless of the preparations, the Kremlin made it clear almost daily that Putin still had to make the decision about the direct talks - on the basis of a detailed analysis of the meaning of such a summit. 

The foreign ministers met in Reykjavik beforehand

After consultations between Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, a joint statement circulated in Washington and Moscow on Monday said: “The meeting was an important


step in preparation for a planned summit between the United States and Russia, the date and place of which will be announced at a later point in time. ”The discussions were therefore constructive“ and enabled a better understanding of the mutual positions despite the differences that still existed. ”


American Foreign Minister Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov met in Reykjavik, Iceland last Wednesday.

Since then, a decision on the summit had been expected almost every day.