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Presidents. putin sounded like it was constructive. he liked the tone. and president biden did basically as well. there werent giant achievements here. when they say, put out a joint statement to talk about launching strategic stability talks, thats just a very first step toward doing anything concrete and restored ambassadors so the ambassador is going back to washington and our ambassador will go back to moscow and putin moved out the ambassador in the first place and i think president biden s...

Analysis of what their body language was like, and it was going to be maybe a hostile -- that was one of the terms thrown around. i asked what he thought the dynamic was like, and he said he didnt think there was hostility in the meeting, and he said many of the positions were divergent, and he said they both tried to understand each other in constructive talks, and so hes putting a positive spin on what must have been talks that, you know, did not really kind of tackle the correspondent disagre...

More amplification or made sure we didnt have any misunderstandings, kind of after two hours there, we looked at each other like, okay. what next? what is going to happen next is were going to be able to look back, look ahead in three to six months and say did the things we agreed to sit down and work out did work? are we closer to a major strategic stability talks and progress? are we further along in terms of -- go down the line. thats going to be the test. im not sitting here saying because t...

>> joining me now, executive editor of defense one, former obama administration official jeremy bash who served first as chief of staff to the director of the cia and chief of staff to the secretary of defense, nbc news security analyst. biden and putin agreed to talk about starting extra teenlic stability talks. how significant a development is that, even if those talks have not yet begun? >> its significant, progress toward agreeance that throughout the cold war limited nuclear weapons. if you...

>> staes exactly what i expected and exactly what we talked about. they agreed to begin strategic stability talks. they used capitals to make it sound like it would be a formal process. thats a good sign. they agreed their ambassadors would go back to work. i want it remind everybody, putin pulled his ambassador from washington. so, were just restoring something that he did himself. we didnt pull our ambassador. and there was some, you know, tiny, tiny, baby steps about maybe well have some conv...

>> i dont like the terms optimistic and pessimistic, i like the frame of what was advanced in this meeting or any other meeting? i think the president is walking a very fine line. on the one hand he wants to cooperate on what they called stability talks. they didnt actually launch the talks, they agreed to talk about launching the talks, and i think thats important. we want to control nuclear weapons, we want to have a follow-on to the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. that requires engagement with preside...

Update our viewers. >> reporter: it grew tense there at the end, as president biden was leaving. he it taken several questions, but one thing he repeatedly turned to, saying he same here and did what he needed to do, felt like they had a constructive dialogue. president putin described it as constructive. president biden said he felt they had raised several issues, to come and talk about, but he repeatedly kept saying in about three to six months theyll have a test of essential whether the talks...

L we made sure we did not have any misunderstandings. it was after two hours there, we looked at each other like, okay, what next? what is going to happen next? were going to be able to look back, look ahead, and three to six months and say, did the things we agree to sit down and work out, did it work? do we -- are we closer to a major strategic stability talks and progress? are we further along in terms of -- and go down the line. thats going to be the test. i am not sitting here saying becaus...

He described the talks, dana, as substantive, and there are specific results that -- they are achieving specific results and will continue this dialogue. what did you think, dana? >> i agree. first of all, i also thought even though president putin did not answer any of the tough questions that came at him, and they definitely turned them all around, the fact that he got those tough questions and in some cases really tough questions from our own matthew chance and other mostly american reporters...

0 so president biden has shown his willingness to engage putin where he can. and i think if we dont see any reciprocity, if putin doesnt want for play then this mix that president biden has offered is going to have to skew much more heavily towards the confrontation side so he gets the last word. >> stick with us, andrea, as we await president biden, hes set to begin his press conference in a few minutes. were at the top of the hour. weve been discussing what will president putin said in his pre...