President Biden agrees to meet with Putin "in principle" as long as Russia does not invade Ukraine [View all]
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President Joe Biden has agreed "in principle" to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as long as Russia does not further invade Ukraine, according to a statement from White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
This potential summit, according to an Elysee Palace statement, was proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron.
The meeting, according to Psaki, would happen after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meet on Feb. 24.
"President Biden accepted in principle a meeting with President Putin following that engagement, again, if an invasion hasn't happened," Psaki said in a written statement on Sunday night.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/20/europe/biden-putin-macron-ukraine/index.html
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