Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a couple of hours before the Russia-US summit in Geneva that the topics on the broad agenda “are mostly problematic".
A spokesman for Russian President Putin cautioned that Putin's talks with US President Joe Biden “will not be easy” or likely yield any breakthroughs.
Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a couple of hours before the Russia-US summit in Geneva on Wednesday that the topics on the broad agenda “are mostly problematic."
"We have many long-neglected questions that require to be trawled through. That's why President Putin is arriving with an attitude to frankly and constructively set questions and check out to seek out solutions,” Peskov said.
“No, today cannot become historic, and that we shouldn't expect any breakthroughs. things is just too difficult in Russian-American relations," he continued. "However, the very fact that the 2 presidents agreed to satisfy and eventually start to talk openly about the issues is already an achievement. we will say that without having started yet, the summit already features a positive result, but we should always not await breakthroughs.”
Peskov said the bilateral issues Russia wants to debate include strategic stability, limitation , cooperation in regional conflicts, cooperation on the pandemic, and global climate change .
