GENEVA, June sixteen (AFP) - President Joe Biden landed on Tuesday (Jun 15) in Geneva on the eve of his first summit with Vladimir Putin, a meeting the White House hopes will set clear "crimson lines" preventing the combustible US-Russia dating from further deterioration.
"I'm usually ready," the USA president informed reporters with a smile, whilst requested if he changed into organized for the hectic come upon.
Biden and Putin will huddle for hours on Wednesday at an stylish lakeside villa in Geneva, a placing reminiscent of the Cold War summit between US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet chief Mikhail Gorbachev within the Swiss metropolis in 1985.
Talks at La Grange villa are predicted to begin at round 1pm and last as long as five hours.
Illustrating the frostiness of the consultation, the 2 leaders will no longer be sharing any kind of meal.
"There may be no breaking of bread," a senior US legit stated aboard the president's Air Force One plane, speakme on condition of anonymity.
One of the few matters each facets can agree on is that relations among Moscow and Washington are at approximately their lowest ebb for the reason that distant days of america-Soviet superpower stand-off.
This time, tensions are much less approximately strategic nuclear guns and competing ideologies than what the Biden administration sees as an an increasing number of rogue, authoritarian Russian state.
From cyber attacks on US entities and meddling within the remaining two US presidential elections, to human rights violations and aggression towards Ukraine and different European international locations, the USA listing of allegations towards the Kremlin runs lengthy.
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