Putin-Biden Summit Could Realistically Happen This Year
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov revealed that a summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin could happen in 2021.
A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden could realistically take place before the end of the year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed Wednesday.
"In some format or other, [the meeting] is quite realistic. We'll keep you informed," Peskov told reporters.
The spokesman reflected on the meeting between Yuri Ushakov and Undersecretary of State, Victoria Nuland, saying they discussed different options and reached certain agreements. "We will inform you of everything once the options and agreements are specified," he told reporters.
Kremlin disclosing the possibility of the two leaders holding a summit comes in light of tense relations between Russia and NATO. NATO enhanced their military presence near the Russian border, which Moscow sees as a violation of agreements between Moscow and NATO.
Russia had previously warned the United States against deploying its forces that withdrew from Afghanistan in the "allied central Asian republics."
Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov had announced Monday that Moscow was suspending its mission to NATO as of the first of November. Lavrov saw that NATO's endeavor to redeploy its forces in other areas of the region is an attempt to cause problems in Asia.
The Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Moscow informed Nuland that the US and NATO deploying their military infrastructure in the region was "completely unacceptable by Russia."