Biden “sees” a meeting with Putin in the summer

THE Joe Biden He said he expected to meet “soon” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and the White House said the ongoing dispute between the two countries did not need to be resolved before a summit.

Speaking to reporters, the president of USA He said he wanted to meet with Putin despite the concentration of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine.

“This does not affect my desire for a face-to-face meeting and you will notice that he had more soldiers before. “He is withdrawing the soldiers,” he said Putin.

When asked if this meeting could take place in June, he replied: “I am optimistic that we will be able to do it. We do not have a specific time or place. We are working on it. “

Biden and his advisers would like to add a summit with Putin to a third country while the US president is in Europe in mid-June for the G7 summit in Britain and the NATO summit in Brussels.

Negotiations with Russia In terms of venue, timing and agenda, the meeting continues, said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki. “It’s up to them what they want to achieve,” he added.

Psaki clarified that issues that cause tensions between the two countries do not need to be resolved before the summit. “Obviously, human rights, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, values, are all issues that Foreign Minister (Anthony) Blinken and National Security Adviser (Jake) Sullivan have raised with their counterparts. But the invitation for a meeting, for a discussion, was not made on the condition that all issues would be resolved in advance. “We expect that we will continue to have disagreements,” he explained.

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