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Face to Face: Biden to meet Putin on June 16 in Geneva as tensions rise

Face to Face: Biden to meet Putin on June 16 in Geneva as tensions rise

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold their first summit in Geneva, Switzerland on June 16, the White House said on Tuesday. “The leaders will discuss the full range of pressing issues, as we seek to restore predictability and stability to the US-Russia relationship,” the White House said in a short statement.

It will be Biden’s first in-person meeting with Putin as President. Biden said earlier this month that he expected to meet with Putin during his trip to Europe in June, when he would attend the Group of Seven Summit in Britain and then the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium. The Kremlin also confirmed the meeting in a separate statement.

“We intend to discuss the state of and the prospects for the further development of Russian-US relations, strategic stability issues, as well as topical issues on the international agenda, including interaction in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and the settlement of regional conflicts,” said the Kremlin statement.

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