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The extended meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with US President Joe Biden ended at 17:05 local time (18:05 Moscow time). The White House press service informed about it.

In Geneva, talks are currently taking place between the presidents of the two countries at Villa La Grange. Only Putin and Biden and the heads of the diplomatic departments of both states, Sergei Lavrov and Anthony Blinken, will attend the narrow format of the meeting.

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Russian president exchanges joke with US leader Joe Biden. This happened when the press was removed from the meeting room. The video shows them both laughing.

A meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States began in Geneva. Putin and Biden began negotiations in a narrow format. He is said to make brief remarks to the media after them.

Furthermore, negotiations will continue in an expanded format. According to the plan, leaders should discuss ways to develop bilateral relations, strategic security in the world, the situation in the hot spots of the planet and the fight against a pandemic.

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Geneva City Hall had to buy the US flags immediately and Russia to decorate the city before the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. The symptoms available for this purpose were not sufficient. The Swiss edition of Tagblatt informed about it.

Geneva International Airport and the main bridge of Mont Blanc are decorated with the flags of Russia and the United States. At least 12 flags of both countries are flown on the bridge. The amount spent on the purchase of paintings is not specified.

A meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden is taking place today at Villa La Grange in Geneva. The parties are expected to discuss bilateral relations, issues of strategic stability, the fight against a pandemic and the hot spot.

This meeting is the first since Biden took office. For Vladimir Putin, this trip was also the first trip abroad since the beginning of the pandemic.

A Russian delegation arrived at the meeting with Biden in Geneva: video

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after arriving in Geneva passed a coronavirus test at the US summit in Russia. The video with the head of the diplomatic service was published on her telegram channel by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova.

The footage shows Lavrov leaving the surgery. When asked about the test results, he jokes: “ The autopsy will show up. & # 39; & # 39; Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold his first meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden today. The talks will take place at La Grange's Geneva headquarters. The summit starts at 13:00.

The Kremlin previously said that unprecedented measures were taken during the meeting to ensure security during the pandemic.

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Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul He said that after the meeting of the leaders of the Russian Federation and the United States, the ambassadors of both countries will return to Moscow and Washington. Russia's ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, and John Sullivan, the head of the US diplomatic mission in Moscow, had previously come to their countries for consultations.

At the same time, he emphasized that he generally had modest expectations from the summit. McFaul believes that the dialogue between the United States and Russia since the time of the USSR should continue. This applies in particular to nuclear disarmament.

In addition, McFaul decided to greet Antonov when he learned that he had flown to Geneva. According to the American diplomat, he did not know about it.

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The White House unveiled Joe Biden's schedule on summit with Vladimir Putin in Geneva.

On Wednesday, June 16, at 2:25 p.m., talks will begin with a photographic meeting of Putin, Biden and Swiss President Guy Parmelin. A bilateral meeting of presidents will begin in 10 minutes.

The 1st round of the extended meeting of Putin and Biden with the participation of delegations is scheduled for 15.55 and the 2nd round of the extended meeting at 17.40.

It is stated that Biden will fly to Washington from Geneva immediately after the negotiations.

Earlier, the media said how the American leader would fly to meet with Putin.

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Speaking at the plenary of the work DPRK Chief Kim Jong-un, the Central Committee of the Korean Party (TPK), said the country was in a tense situation in providing food to the population. The NHK television channel informed about it with reference to the edition of the Rodong Sinmun newspaper.

It is specified that this situation arose due to last year's typhoon, the damage of which did not allow the implementation of a grain plan.

“In this respect, there is currently a tense situation with the provision of food to the population,” quotes the North Korean leader NHK.

Kim Jong-un noted, among other things, that quarantine measures to combat coronavirus had led to a “drag on the fight to provide clothing, housing and food.”

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