Both leaders agree that this meeting will be held on Wednesday at a time bilateral relationship is at a very low point.

Joe Biden arrived in Geneva on Monday, after holding meetings with his closest G7 and NATO allies, making efforts to overturn Donald Trump´s chaos.

Vladimir Putin will arrive in the next few hours directly from Moscow, while his official delegation, made up of his advisor for International Affairs Yuri Ushakov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov are already in Switzerland.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoli Antónov and the Russian General Staff of the Armed Forces Chief Valeri Guerásimov are also included in the delegation.

According to details released by the Russian presidency on Tuesday, the arrivals of both presidents at the Villa La Grange facilities, where the Summit will be held, are slated for 1:00 p.m. (local time) on Wednesday.

As for the Summit expectations, Biden himself acknowledged his uncertainty in recent days, and his purpose is merely to bring relations between Moscow and Washington towards a more predictable and stable situation.

Concerning some dissenting viewpoints, Russia has been clear in defending its sovereign decisions on domestic and foreign policy.

In this regard, Putin reiterated that Ukraine issue is a ‘red line’ and he strongly rejects the idea that Ukraine is part of NATO. He pointed out that Crimea is Russian and told Kiev that it has to talk to the eastern Ukrainian separatists if it wants to recover this territory in any way.

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