First tête-à-tête between Biden and Putin scheduled for June 16 in Geneva
The American and Russian presidents will meet on June 16 in Geneva, Switzerland.
It will be the first tête-à-tête between the two heads of state.
A summit that takes place in a tense climate between the two countries.
ASSOCIATED PRESS - Alexander Zemlianichenko
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The American and Russian presidents will meet on June 16 in Geneva, Switzerland.
An announcement made this Tuesday by the White House and the Kremlin.
It will be the first tête-à-tête between the two heads of state.
A summit that takes place in a tense climate between the two countries.
Since taking office, Joe Biden has criticized the Russian president on several occasions, but he intends to maintain cooperation with Russia that he considers essential on several key issues.
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Anne Corpet
It is a meeting where hot and cold should blow. In a statement, the White House said it wanted to take advantage of this summit to establish a more stable and predictable relationship with Moscow. But since coming to power, Joe Biden has shown his firmness against Vladimir Putin, whom he even
described as a killer last March
.
The US administration has imposed several waves of sanctions on Russia, denounces its interference in the elections, its human rights abuses and the threats it poses to the sovereignty of Ukraine.
But the United States recalls that it has also extended
the New Start treaty
on disarmament, and underlines that Russia is an essential partner on the issue of nuclear weapons control, in particular to relaunch discussions with Iran and Korea. North.
The face-to-face meeting between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will give the two men the opportunity to measure each other, but will not necessarily allow progress on these key questions.
The White House has let it be known that no major breakthrough is expected.
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