Putin Accepts Biden’s Summit Invitation – Kommersant May 25, 2021 The White House said a date and location for the summit will be announced later. AP / TASS Russian President Vladimir Putin formally accepted U.S. President Joe Biden’s invitation to a one-on-one summit through his representatives during a high-level diplomatic meeting in Geneva on May 24, the Kommersant business newspaper has reported. The White House said in a statement that Russia’s Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev met with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Geneva on May 24 and discussed the planned summit. “The meeting was an important step in the preparation for a planned U.S.-Russia summit, the date and location of which will be announced later,” the statement said.