The meeting between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, in Geneva on Wednesday has every chance to leave its mark in history, but there is no reason to think that it will turn the page on past grievances and kick off a new era of constructive cooperation. …
Read More »Latest NATO summit showed that enabling never-ending US dominance is the REAL reason it exists
Following the weekend’s G7 meeting, the NATO summit followed on Monday and predictably adopted a similar theme: China. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg denied that the West was in a “Cold War” with Beijing, but nonetheless proceeded to say China presented “systemic challenges” due to its rising capabilities, which posed a threat …
Read More »Biden-Putin summit agenda revealed: Presidents to discuss Covid-19, Ukraine, hacking, climate change & situation in Middle East
That’s according to Yury Ushakov, a Russian diplomat and long-time aide of Putin on foreign policy matters, who announced the plan for the summit on Tuesday. The two heads of state are due to meet at 1pm local time at Geneva’s grand and historic Villa La Grange. The meeting will …
Read More »Putin hopes Geneva summit with Biden will help improve strategic stability & lead to resumed Russian-American personal contacts
In comments broadcast by national television on Sunday, Putin said the military superpowers needed “to create actual working mechanisms for cooperation on subjects that are of mutual interest to us.” These included “strategic stability, regional conflicts, [and] global concerns about the environment,” he said. The two presidents are set to have …
Read More »‘Painful to watch’: Joe Biden apparently gets lost at G7 summit, wanders into cafe
Video footage posted online on Friday, but largely ignored by the mainstream media, shows Biden wandering slowly onto a cafe terrace. Someone on the terrace, most likely an ITV journalist, asks “How are your meetings going in Cornwall?” Biden then freezes, flashes a thumbs-up, and replies “Very good.” First Lady …
Read More »Hot topics put on back burner as G7 is sucked into interminable Brexit row and summit descends into simmering row over sausages
Many onlookers expected the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall to be a big reset for the West. A chance to show that, after the tumultuous period of Brexit, Trump and the devastating coronavirus pandemic, the leaders of the biggest democracies on the planet had put all that behind them …
Read More »‘Don’t fall asleep’: Trump trolls Biden ahead of summit with Putin, slams ‘lowlifes’ in US intelligence that undermined Helsinki
“Good luck to Biden in dealing with President Putin—don’t fall asleep during the meeting, and please give him my warmest regards!” Trump said in a statement on Thursday. Biden is scheduled to meet with Putin in Geneva next week. Moscow has described the meeting as “very, very important” but cautioned …
Read More »This G7 Summit will be a time for sensible proposals on Covid-19, and nonsensical, virtue signalling schemes for climate change
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will host the summit, and be joined by the prime ministers of Japan, Australia, Canada and Italy. Also in attendance will be the German chancellor, the French president, and most importantly, the new American President Joe Biden. The nations of the G7, which was formed …
Read More »Kremlin says Putin & Biden summit ‘very, very important’, but warns little prospect of a ‘re-set’ & a high chance of disagreement
That’s according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who told reporters on Friday at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum that there was a risk that expectations for the summit might spiral out of control. In his view, the head-to-head on June 16 in Geneva will be “very, very important,” but …
Read More »Ahead of next month’s eagerly awaited Putin/Biden summit, Kremlin warns ‘reset’ in US-Russian relations unlikely to be on cards
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov cautioned that it would be better “not to indulge in any excessive expectations about the potential outcomes of this meeting.” He added, however, that the in-person meeting in Switzerland on June 16 would still be a “very important event in …
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