Biden to meet with Putin next month
By Morgan Chalfant - 05/25/21 10:08 AM EDT
President Biden will meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland, next month.
It will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since Biden became president.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the June 16 meeting in a statement on Tuesday, saying the two leaders "will discuss the full range of pressing issues, as we seek to restore predictability and stability to the U.S.-Russia relationship."
The meeting had been in the works for some time and will take place at the end of Biden's first trip abroad to Europe.
Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, spoke to his Russian counterpart on Monday in preparation for the summit. Biden is slated to attend a Group of Seven (G-7) summit in the United Kingdom from June 11-13 and travel to Brussels for a NATO summit and meetings with European Union leaders on June 14.
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