Ushakov: Putin and Biden will discuss the situation in Syria and Libya and issues of strategic stability

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Assistant to the Russian President Yury Ushakov announced that President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden will discuss the situation in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and other issues during the summit that is scheduled to bring them together tomorrow in Geneva.

Commenting on the meeting’s agenda, Sputnik quoted Ushakov as saying that “the two sides will discuss the status and prospects for developing Russian-American relations, issues of strategic stability, information security, combating cybercrime, as well as prospects for trade and investment cooperation, climate, the Arctic, and of course the fight against the Corona virus.”

Ushakov indicated that regional problems will be left to the end, as they will discuss in particular the Middle East issues, the situation in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, the Korean Peninsula and Ukraine, in addition to the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and the P5+1 group, and special attention will be paid to Nagorno-Karabakh and the situation in Belarus.

Ushakov pointed out that there will be a great focus on strategic stability due to the accumulation of many serious problems in this field in recent years due to a number of unilateral steps taken by the United States, including withdrawal from international agreements to limit the development of weapons.

Ushakov stressed that with regard to cybercrime, many absurd accusations against Russia of “complicity in cybercrime” have been heard in the United States, and our country has repeatedly offered the latter to restore a meaningful and constructive dialogue on information issues.

He pointed out that the relations between the two countries have reached a critical stage and the summit may contribute to reaching a kind of understanding on some issues between the two sides.

The summit between Putin and Biden will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, tomorrow, and this will be their first meeting since Biden's inauguration as president of the United States early this year.