“We do not expect any breakthroughs, we do not expect any significant progress.
The very fact of the first contact is important.
This is a very important meeting, "RIA Novosti Peskov quotes.
According to him, "bilateral relations are in crisis, so the presidents have something to talk about."
He added that "there are so many problems on the agenda that it will hardly be possible to overcome them quickly, and there are a number of fundamental issues on which there are serious disagreements."
The talks between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, are scheduled for June 16 in Geneva.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Moscow does not create illusions about the outcome of the meeting between the presidents of Russia and the United States, but the very fact of the conversation between the two leaders is important. According to him, Putin and Biden will exchange views on the threats that each side sees in the regional and global context.