Biden to hold single conference after meeting with Putin

The two leaders are expected to meet on 16 June in Geneva, Switzerland.

Tensions between the two countries have marked growth in recent months and the presentation of Beden at the conference, without Putin, is seen as an indicator of these reports.

An official of the American administration, who did not want to be identified, said that Beden, going on his own, would be able through <x0, a proper format to communicate clearly with the media about the topics discussed at the” meeting, Reuters reports.

This mode of communication also highlights the American administration's desire to challenge the Kremlin and avoid a kind of comfortable performance with the Russian leader, which Biden has said is “a killer”.

It also differs greatly with Putin's presentation after Putin's meeting with Beden's predecessor, Donald Trump, in Helsinki in 2018. Following those closed-door talks, Trump appeared at a joint press conference with Putin, defending Russia following US intelligence estimates that Moscow intervened in the 2016 presidential elections.

Beden is located in Cornwall of the United Kingdom, where he is participating in a summit with other G7 leaders, which will include talks for Russia and China He next heads to Brussels for meetings with European Union and NATO officials.

“We expect this meeting to be genuine and direct”, the White House official said.

Biden blames Russia for the cyber attack on American institutions and at least sheltering criminals who stand behind attacks against the main US fuel pipeline and the American branch of the Brazilian meat processing plant JBS.

Beden will also pressure Putin on the situation in Ukraine, the imprisonment of the Kremlin's opponent, Alexei Navalny, and the support of Alyaxander Lucashenkas in Belarus.

But, he has said the United States wants a stable “relationship with Russia that would enable both countries to work together on common strategic issues.

Putin said in a wide interview with NBC aired on 11 June that the US-Russia relationship was “deteriorated at the lowest point in recent years”. / REL