The first meeting between American President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended in Geneva on Wednesday afternoon.
Biden left the villa, where the two presidents had last met with several advisors, and gave him a thumbs up as he got into his limo.
A joint press conference was not planned from the start.
It is expected that Putin will be the first to present his point of view.
After that, Biden wants to appear in front of the press at another location.
Both sides had previously dampened expectations of the meeting.
At the beginning, shortly after 1 p.m., Putin thanked Biden for taking the initiative for the meeting.
Biden affirmed that it was always better to meet in person.
The list of sensitive topics to talk about had been long.
It ranged from Russian cyber attacks on America via eastern Ukraine to nuclear arms control, from energy policy to climate and human rights issues to a possible exchange of prisoners in Russian and American prisons.
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