US President Joe Biden said he intends to raise the topic of human rights at a meeting with Russian head of state Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Geneva and declare US intolerance for violations of these rights.
“I will meet with President Putin in a few weeks in Geneva. I will make it clear that we will not wait and we will not allow these rights to be violated,” Biden said, speaking in Delaware on the occasion of Memorial Day celebrated in the United States. The head of the White House also called the United States a “unique country.”
He did not provide other details of the upcoming summit.
Biden noted that he discussed the topic of human rights during a recent conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Putin and Biden are expected to meet in Geneva on June 16. This will be the first Russian-American summit since Putin met with former US President Donald Trump in Helsinki in July 2018.
This week, the Kremlin press service announced that the Russian-American summit will be held on June 16 in Geneva. The White House confirmed this information. The Kremlin also said that there are no plans yet to sign documents following the negotiations between Putin and Biden. According to the administrations of the two countries, during the meeting in Geneva, the presidents of Russia and the United States intend to discuss relations between the two states and pressing issues. Mr. Biden’s administration has repeatedly indicated that the meeting, initiated by the American side, is intended to restore predictability in relations with Russia.
This will be Putin’s first personal meeting with the new US president. Prior to this, the heads of the two states communicated by phone.
