Biden in Geneva for tense summit with Putin
By DW
16 June 2021 |
2:28 pm
The US president, fresh from G7, NATO and EU summits, will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland for face-to-face talks. Despite tensions, the US and Russia say they want more "stable" bilateral relations.
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