Kremlin spokesman declines to specify location for Putin-Biden summit in Geneva
Dmitry Peskov said that media outlets were rushing things, noting that they could have listed all the hotels in Geneva
MOSCOW, May 27. /TASS/. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has declined to comment on media reports about the possible location for a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Joe Biden of the United States, set to take place in Geneva on June 16. It can be held at any hotel or any other building. So far, I cannot confirm anything because no agreements have been made on the matter with the United States , Peskov told reporters, when asked to comment on Swiss media reports that the summit might take place at Geneva’s InterContinental hotel.
Earlier, Russian President submitted a bill to the State Duma on denouncing the Open Skies Treaty
MOSCOW, May 27. /TASS/. Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Joe Biden of the United States are likely to discuss the Treaty on Open Skies at their Geneva summit but since Russia is about to wrap up the denunciation procedures, the US has little time left to review its earlier decisions on pulling out, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. Perhaps, somehow this issue [the Treaty on Open Skies] may be touched upon. Time is running out or should I say shrinking like the Skin of Shagreen [La Peau de chagrin, a novel by French writer Honore de Balzac] and we are fulfilling the procedures on [denouncing the Treaty on Open Skies] and they will be soon completed, so there is little time left for Washington to review its earlier made decisions, Peskov cautioned, when answering a question if Russia planned to offer the US a chance to return to the Open Skies Treaty at
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Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Joe Biden of the United States are likely to discuss the Treaty on Open Skies at their Geneva summit but since Russia is about to wrap up the denunciation procedures, the U.S. has little time left to review its earlier decisions on pulling out, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. Perhaps, somehow this issue [the Treaty on Open Skies] may be touched upon. Time is running out or should I say shrinking like the Skin of Shagreen [La Peau de chagrin, a novel by French writer Honore de Balzac] and we are fulfilling the procedures on [denouncing the Treaty on Open Skies] and they will be soon completed, so there is little time left for Washington to review its earlier made decisions, Peskov cautioned, when answering a question if Russia planned to offer the U.S. a chance to return to the Open Skies Treaty at the Putin-Biden summit in Geneva.
Two leaders to discuss the prospects for Russia-US relations, strategic stability, and pressing global issues
GENEVA, May 27. /TASS/. Swiss diplomats are providing assistance in selecting a site in Geneva where a summit meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden will take place, but a final decision on this score is to be made by the Russian and American sides, the spokesperson for the Swiss mission to the UN in Geneva, Paola Ceresetti, told TASS on Thursday.
She said Switzerland had no position of its own on that score. A decision is to be made by the delegations, the Russian and US missions, not Switzerland, which merely provides assistance, Ceresetti explained.