The D Brief: NATO summit wrap; Biden’s goals for Putin meeting; Korean border robots; Grim wildfire predictions; And a bit more...
By Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
June 15, 2021
NATO summit loud on Russia, quieter on China. Alliance leaders emerged from their Monday summit united in their determination to counter Russia, but American officials have yet to convince their alliance counterparts to oppose China with similar full-throatedness, Defense One’s Jacqueline Feldscher reported Monday. The communique from the summit mentions Russia 62 times, and China just 10.
Next up: Biden-Putin summit: President Joe Biden said he received nothing but support for his plans to meet with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Geneva. “When asked if any international leaders worried that the meeting could be seen as rewarding the Russian leader for committing human rights abuses and invading another sovereign country, Biden said every NATO official he spoke with thanked him for his diplomatic outreach,” Feldscher wrote.
Biden’s Geneva aims: The president told reporters on his first international trip that “he intends to tell Putin that the two nations should find areas where they can work together. But Biden also said he will make clear ‘where the red lines are’ in areas such as cyber attacks,” Feldscher wrote.
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