US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he hoped to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during his visit to Europe in June.
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"
I hope so and I believe in it,
" said Joe Biden, when asked about a possible one-on-one. "
We are working on it,
" he adds, without further details. The American president is due to make his first trip abroad in mid-June, to the United Kingdom and then to Belgium, for the G7 and NATO summits and a meeting with the leaders of the European Union. In mid-April, he proposed a meeting with Vladimir Putin, against the backdrop of strong tensions between the two rival powers. If Moscow has expressed interest in this offer, it has been parasitized by sanctions and counter-sanctions exchanged by the two countries.
At the end of April, the Kremlin however assured that "
concrete dates
" were under consideration. Relations between Moscow and Washington are at their lowest and there are multiple points of friction: disagreements over Ukraine, accusations of espionage, electoral interference and cyberattacks, tensions over the fate of the imprisoned Russian opponent Alexei Navalny.
