Aide to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov said that a meeting between the Russian leader and the head of the White House, Joe Biden, could take place in June. He spoke about this on Sunday, April 25, on the air of the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin “on the TV channel” Russia 1 “.
In turn, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that Biden’s proposal to Putin to meet was received positively and the possibility of holding a bilateral summit is being studied.
We are talking about the proposal of the head of the White House to the Russian leader to hold a meeting to discuss all issues at the highest level. With him, Biden turned to Putin during a telephone conversation, which took place on the initiative of the American side on April 13. Then the US President declared his commitment to building stable and predictable relations with Russia in accordance with the interests of the United States.
On April 15, Biden clarified that he had offered Putin to meet in Europe in the summer. In turn, Finland expressed their readiness to provide Helsinki for holding the corresponding summit. Also, the Munich Security Conference expressed its readiness to provide its platform for a separate meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States.
On April 18, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that it was too early to talk about the venue of the meeting. The representative of the Kremlin also did not announce the probable dates.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on April 21 that the governments of the Russian Federation and the United States continue to consider the idea of holding a personal meeting between Putin and Biden.
At the same time, the Russian leader on March 18 already offered Biden an open conversation, in fact, online. According to Putin, such a format would be interesting all over the world. The head of state made a corresponding proposal after Biden’s statements about Russia’s alleged interference in the 2020 elections and that Moscow would “pay” for it.
The next day, the Kremlin did not rule out unprecedented formats of communication between the presidents. However, during a briefing with reporters, Biden did not answer a question about the prospect of a meeting with Putin. The White House, in turn, said that the US President will meet with the Russian leader when the time is right.