The White House upheld the Biden-Putin meeting after new sanctions The US

US President Joe Biden's offer to meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin remains in place, despite the fact that the US authorities have imposed new sanctions on Russia. This was stated during the briefing by the representative of the White House Jen Psaki.

She was asked to comment on the words of the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, who, after the introduction of new sanctions by Washington, said that such actions of the American side did not contribute to the holding of the Putin-Biden summit.

“The invitation remains in force. We continue to believe that this would be a good step and a further way forward to build a stable and predictable relationship,” Psaki said.

On April 13, Putin and Biden had a telephone conversation, during which the US President offered to meet in person and discuss relations between Moscow and Washington. Psaki later admitted that a meeting between Putin and Biden could take place in the coming months. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov noted that the summit could be held on the territory of one of the countries of the European Union. The desire to become a platform for holding a meeting between Putin and Biden has already been expressed by Austria, the Czech Republic and Finland. Peskov also said that Moscow and Washington would not rush to work out the meeting of the presidents. Answering the question whether there is a time interval for making a decision when their meeting will take place, he said: “No, no one here, of course, will not be in a hurry.”