Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, June 15th. Summary: The confrontation between the US and Russia at the summit is difficult to resolve
Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Junxia Xu Chi Chen Wenxian
US President Biden is making his first visit to Europe since his inauguration. In addition to attending the G7 summit, NATO summit and the US-EU summit, he will also meet with Russian President Putin on the 16th in Geneva, Switzerland. Some experts on international issues have said that this meeting may help ease the increasingly tense relations between the United States and Russia, but people should not expect much of its results.
Charles Kupchan, a professor at Georgetown University in the United States and an expert on foreign relations, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency that “this meeting is a product of the sharp deterioration of relations between the United States and Russia in the first few months of Biden’s tenure.” The background is not about getting closer (between the two countries), but because of concerns about the deterioration of relations.”
There is also Thomas Greminger, director of the Geneva Security Policy Research Center and former Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He said in a video seminar a few days ago: “The U.S.-Russian summit can be held and Biden and Putin will have a dialogue. This is already a positive sign. Of course, it is too early to expect the normalization of relations between the two countries. I think, In the context of continued confrontation, dialogue and selective cooperation between the two countries will coexist.”
Mohamed Ould Mohamedu, director of the Department of International History and Politics at the Geneva School of Advanced International Relations and Development, said that this is a critical moment for the United States and Russia. He emphasized: “We should not have unrealistic or high expectations. Both sides have come to the negotiating table with an unintentional push.”
Kupchan believes that the discussions between the leaders of the two countries will focus on the US-Russian relationship itself. “I think the real purpose is to prevent the relationship between the two countries from deteriorating further and work hard to establish a more predictable relationship.” He said that the leaders of the United States and Russia may “constructive discussions on common interests,” including arms control. , Increasing military transparency to prevent misfires, climate change, global epidemics, economic recovery, and future plans to respond to pandemics.
Greminger believes that the relationship between Russia and the West is constantly deteriorating, and the level of mutual trust is at its lowest point. Therefore, it is time to resume dialogue between the two leaders of the United States and Russia. This summit meeting “provides an opportunity to resume calm dialogue.”
Mohamed Ould Mohamedu said that the arrival of the two sides in Geneva is definitely an important and positive development, and there may be a period of relaxation in the relations between the two countries.
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