Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin's summit: "Quieter diplomacy that shows toughness"

“The climate was relatively pleasant. You were a bit awkward and self-conscious at the beginning. They sat next to each other a bit stiffly. There was a bit of clutter between Russian security forces and White House correspondents. But in terms of appearance, it was really idyllic. But idyll doesn't mean anything. Diplomacy is the most important thing. You have taken a small step further. But that wasn't really the breakthrough. That wasn't the blast. But maybe we always expect from the last time that things like that have to happen. Maybe that's not important at all. Maybe you have to find your way back to a somewhat quieter diplomacy that still shows severity. And Biden has shown that very clearly here. But Putin also clearly asked him against. "

But as I said to him, we are about ten years apart: this is not a 'kumbaya moment', as we used to say in the sixties: let's love us all.

But it is not in the interests of Russia or the US to be in a situation where we are in a new Cold War.

I really think he thinks that too.

He understands that. "

It is exactly the same in this situation.

There is a glimmer of hope for mutual trust. "

What did you get out of it? Not really concrete results. Just three little things. On the one hand, the ambassadors are sent back to Moscow and Washington. They haven't been there for some time because there was diplomatic resentment. The reasons are well known. That is a specific point, probably the only specific point of this summit, that you are sending the ambassadors back. The ambassadors were both here too. You knew beforehand that it was in the bag when you saw them in the delegations. The other points are that you want to come to an understanding, find ways to talk to each other about cyber crime and hacker attacks on the one hand. This is, of course, a big issue between the US and Russia, and on the other hand, about nuclear weapons control:What comes after the start agreement, which is about to expire? What's next? And that's where you want to find working groups and initiate ways of working together. After all, that’s something, if it’s actually something. As far as cyber crime is concerned, there was still a lot of disagreement about that. So there was already a bit of gossip. But that was played small. It was emphasized that we did not have any great expectations, so we did not fail in anything, we met these small expectations. "So there was already a bit of gossip. But that was played small. It was emphasized that we did not have any great expectations, so we did not fail in anything, we met these small expectations. "So there was already a bit of gossip. But that was played small. It was emphasized that we did not have any great expectations, so we did not fail in anything, we met these small expectations. "

Joe Biden, US President

America is back.

Diplomacy is back. "

“Before in Great Britain at the G7 summit and then at NATO in Brussels and at the EU in Brussels, Biden has of course received a lot of pats on the back, lots of praise. They were all very happy that Donald Trump was not back on the mat, who had pretty much ruined the last summit for them. And that was always expressed vigorously. And Biden always said America is back. Of course, that's all a bit ambiguous. The Europeans have their reservations about America, even in spite of Biden. Things like that hang a bit in the room, of course. But at first it wasn't talked about, because it's like a family celebration, where things like that are simply swept under the table to protect the pater familias, the Joe Biden of the West,quasi with the backing to send here to this summit in Geneva. "