Russian and US security chiefs meet in Geneva in push for summit
Then-Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow in 2011. Will their next meeting be in Geneva?
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The national security advisers of Russia and the United States held wide-ranging talks in Geneva on Monday in what both sides described as an important step in preparing for a possible summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev discussed a range of issues, with a focus on strategic stability, according to the White House and the Russian Security Council, quoted by the Russian TASS news agency.
“The meeting was an important step in the preparation for a planned US-Russia summit, the date and location of which will be announced later,” the White House said. “The sides expressed confidence that mutually acceptable solutions could be found in a number of areas.”
The two sides said normalisation of US-Russian ties would be in the interests of both countries.
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