Biden to press Putin in respecting individual rights during Geneva meeting
President Joe Biden pledged on Sunday (May 30) to show Russian innovator Vladimir Putin at their June summit that Washington will not let Moscow "abuse" human being rights.The face-to-face ending up in the Kremlin head comes amid degrees of tension not seen for a long time, with Washington now dialing back again its ambitions to little more than establishing a relationship where both sides understand the other person and can interact in specific areas.
"I'll be ending up in President Putin found in a week or two in Geneva, so that it is clear that we won't - we will not stand by and let him abuse those rights," Biden explained in a good speech on the summit, which is set for Jun 16. Since taking office, Biden has imposed brand-new sanctions against Moscow over what US authorities state was the Russian purpose in the substantial SolarWinds cyber assault and repeated meddling in the 2020 presidential election.
In addition, Washington has harshly criticised Moscow for the near-death poisoning and subsequent imprisonment of 1 of the last wide open opponents to Putin, Alexei Navalny. Tensions are as well high over Ukraine, where Russia previously controls swaths of territory and recently massed troops on the border in a fresh show of force. Yet another concentration is on Russian-dominated Belarus, which triggered an uproar this week after authorities pressured an airliner passing overhead to land, in that case arrested an opponent to President Alexander Lukashenko who was simply aboard.
