▶️ U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands at the opening of their daylong summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16.
👉 Biden and Putin began their highly anticipated summit in Geneva, the Swiss city chosen as a location for the summit for its history of political neutrality.
Both sides have been underscoring opportunities for cooperation but are downplaying expectations for any improvement in tense relations between Moscow and Washington. The meeting is expected to be more of an airing of grievances than a platform to reach significant agreements.
“We're not expecting a big set of deliverables out of this meeting,” said a senior administration official, briefing VOA and other reporters on board Air Force One during Biden’s flight to Switzerland.
Putin landed in Geneva shortly before his arrival at Villa La Grange, the summit location, around 1 pm local time. Biden arrived at the venue shortly afterward – a diplomatic dance the White House choreographed to avoid a repeat of the Helsinki Summit in 2018 where Putin’s late arrival kept then President Donald Trump waiting for over 30 minutes. The two shook hands before going into talks. (AP/VOA)
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