05/25/2021 11:18 AM
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Updated 05/25/2021 11:31 AM
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to meet next month in Geneva, the first face-to-face meeting between the two adversaries and one that comes at a time of deteriorating relations.
As The Washington Post reported Tuesday, the one-day summit is scheduled for June 16.
According to an official familiar with the meeting, the meeting will cover
a wide range of topics
including nuclear proliferation, Russian interference in the US elections, climate change and COVID-19.
The meeting will cover a wide range of topics.
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Biden is also expected to express concern about the accumulation of
Russian troops on the border with Ukraine
, as well as the Russian ally, Belarus, which forced the diversion and landing of a civilian plane that was flying over the country and arrested an opposition journalist to board.
What to expect
US officials do not expect the meeting to produce major breakthroughs, nor do they see it as
a reboot
in relations between the two countries in the same way that former President Barack Obama had waited earlier in his administration to usher in a new era. cooperation between both countries.
the two adversaries of all life.
US officials approach the relationship between Biden and Putin as one that will be complicated and difficult.
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Instead, it is seen as a place for Biden and Putin to
improve their relationship
and gain a better understanding of each country's interests and potential problem areas.
US officials approach the relationship as one that will be
complicated and difficult,
but they also see Putin as a highly personalized decision maker and one whom Biden needs to cultivate.
The announcement follows the meeting in Iceland days ago of the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States, who met to, among other issues, pave the way for a meeting between Biden and Putin.
Biden had already proposed to Putin to meet personally in a third country, during a phone call in which the American asked his Russian counterpart to "reduce" the growing tensions with Ukraine.
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