Preparations under way for ‘planned’ Biden-Putin summit

An advance US mission has already arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of the summit, according to a news report.

Advisers are preparing for a “planned” summit between United States President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin with one newspaper reporting on Monday that the two will meet in Switzerland next month. An advance US mission has already arrived in Geneva for that purpose, the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger added, citing “reliable sources”. Plane spotters reported on Twitter seeing an unusual US cargo aircraft landing at the city’s airport on Sunday. The Tages-Anzeiger said the time and venue of a Biden-Putin meeting remains unclear though it would likely take place in Geneva in the next few weeks.