There will be no conversation: Biden is not going to meet Putin on G20 - SNN

The White House Head said that Putin is committing war crimes in Ukraine, and therefore does not see it meaning to meet him now. In an interview with SNN, US President Joe Biden said he did not see good reasons to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Grand Twenty summit. However, the White House Chairman did not deny such an opportunity - everything will depend on the subject of conversation.

The American leader noted that if Putin invites him to discuss prisoners in prison by American basketball star Britney Griner, Biden will agree to a meeting. Biden has declared his position on meeting with Putin in the context of fierce bombing of cities of Ukraine in the last days, resulting in at least 19 people killed and more than 100 wounded across the country, hundreds of kilometers from the main theaters of war in the east and south of Ukraine. "He acted cruelly.

I think he committed war crimes. And so I do not see the point of meeting him now," Biden explained. Earlier, the possibility of meeting within the G20 of the US and Russia presidents was commented by the head of Russian diplomacy Sergey Lavrov. The minister noted that Moscow has never refused to negotiate, but in this case it would all depend on Washington's position - if the proposal from the US side will come, the Kremlin will consider the possibility of a meeting.