Forward of Putin-Biden summit, Kremlin welcomes ‘optimistic’ American rhetoric, however says speak of ‘containing’ Moscow nonetheless a problem

American rhetoric earlier than Wednesday’s assembly between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has been far more optimistic than earlier than, however the White Home’s feedback about “containment” are nonetheless a problem.

That is in line with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who spoke to Russian TV on Wednesday morning earlier than the first-ever summit between the 2 leaders.

“Clear indicators had been despatched to Moscow on the eve of the US-Russian talks. The rhetoric was in favor of the necessity for dialogue, which is undeniably optimistic,” Peskov defined. “This optimistic, after all, might be taken into consideration by the president. However on the similar time, there are some remarks to the impact that [Americans need] to make use of restraint, strain, and so forth, with Moscow.”

In accordance with Peskov, the fixed speak round punishing Moscow “doesn’t make the general environment any simpler,” however the clear intention from either side to have a dialogue is a optimistic. The assembly may even assist “to resolve how far aside the 2 presidents are” and can discover out “how essential” the variations are.

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Peskov additionally added that the leaders could meet one-on-one, away from their entourages, however famous that it isn’t on the official agenda of the bilateral summit.

“Heads of state are heads of state. In the event that they deem it essential to speak nose to nose, they may speak nose to nose,” Peskov mentioned.

The spokesman’s feedback come after a rise in uncharacteristically optimistic feedback from Washington. On June 12, White Home press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned that the summit could be targeted on discovering “widespread floor,” in addition to the 2 leaders being “easy and candid.” Biden’s Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan additionally famous areas the place the 2 international locations might cooperate, reminiscent of Syria, the Arctic, and strategic stability.

Putin has additionally taken steps to ease the temper, earlier this week praising Biden’s “professionalism” for his transfer to increase the New START arms management treaty as one in all his first steps upon taking workplace.

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The Putin-Biden summit might be held at Villa La Grange in Geneva, a historic stately residence. Each leaders are taking giant delegations, together with ambassadors and ministers. In accordance with Yury Ushakov, an aide of Putin on overseas coverage issues, the 2 heads of state will speak about a variety of subjects, together with coronavirus, Ukraine, cybercrime, local weather change, and the Center East, amongst different points.

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