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GENEVA â Geneva can breathe a sigh of relief after hosting a U.S.-Russia summit.
President Joe Biden is aboard Air Force One and is on his way back to Washington after Wednesdayâs meeting at an 18th century lakeside villa.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had already departed for Moscow aboard his plane by the time Air Force One took off.
Both leaders flew out of Switzerland after holding solo news conferences after meeting for more than three hours.
Security was tight and access extremely limited to areas around the summit site.
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GENEVA President Joe Biden has expressed regret for some sharp words to a reporter who questioned him about the success of his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Updated June 16, 2021 at 3:46 PM ET
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Geneva Wednesday. Here s what you need to know:
The closed-door meeting, which began at about 7:45 a.m. ET, lasted 3 hours, 21 minutes, shorter than the White House had projected.
They held separate news conferences with Putin going first.
Putin described the meeting as constructive.
Biden said he did what he came to do.
Biden says he confronted Putin on human rights
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President Biden holds a press conference after the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva on Wednesday.
Biden bounded onto a stage flanked by large American flags to tell U.S. journalists about his meeting with Putin, taking off his aviator sunglasses as he reached the lectern.
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17 Jun 2021, 04:08 GMT+10
Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin sat down together for their first face-to-face bilateral talks in Geneva where the two leaders were seeking to mend US-Russia relations, which many analysts say have hit their lowest point since the Cold War.
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed at their first summit on Wednesday to resume arms control talks and to return ambassadors to each other s capitals after they were withdrawn earlier this year.
The summit at the lakeside Villa La Grange in Geneva lasted less than four hours far less than Biden s advisers had said they expected.
Joe Biden threatened retaliation against Vladimir Putin for cyber attacks
Biden said he had told President Putin we need some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by , adding that I did what I came to do
Putin described Biden as very different from Donald Trump
He held a press conference after his nearly-three hour meeting with Biden; Biden speaks next
He started off complimentary of Biden but then grew snipping as he was questioned on Russian activities
Putin was critical of gun violence in America and deflected questions on dissident Alexi Navalny You don t have time to open your mouth and you re shot dead, he said