Date uploaded: 2021-06-16 12:07:15
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet face-to-face for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland.
Biden's first international trip as president culminates with highly anticipated talks with Putin that are expected to last about four to five hours. The two foreign leaders will first meet with Swiss President Guy Parmelin before a pair of meetings that are expected to focus on nuclear arms, cyber attacks and human rights.
Biden has sought to tamp down expectations about the high stakes meeting but earlier this week told reporters he planned to take a tough line on issues including a recent string of cyberattacks and Russian aggression in Ukraine but also find areas of mutual interest where they could cooperate.
"I have met with him. He's bright, he's tough, and I have found that he is a, as they say when we used to play ball, a worthy adversary," Biden told reporters of Putin at a news conference Monday night.
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