The United States is ready for a stable relationship with Russia if it changes course, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said, adding that the next summit of bilateral presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden in Geneva next week is unlikely to show Moscow’s willingness to do the same, Ria Novosti reports.
Blinken that the US leader will not meet with his Russian counterpart due to Moscow’s “aggression and attacks”. “He will clearly and bluntly say what he can expect from the United States if aggressive reckless actions against us continue.
He will also make it clear that if Russia chooses a different direction in its actions, we will prefer a more stable relationship. The people, the Russian people, the whole world – strategic stability, arms control, “said the secretary of state. He did not rule out that after the first meeting of the leaders of the two countries there will be some certainty in future relations. “In any case, we are ready for both (scenarios),” Blinken concluded.
Earlier in his article for the Washington Post, Biden himself said that Washington is not looking for a conflict with Moscow, but instead wants stable relations. , but expressed readiness to respond At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Vladimir Putin said earlier that in a meeting with Joe Biden it is necessary to try to find ways to regulate relations between Russia and the United States. The speech, he said, should focus on strategic stability, on resolving international conflicts in the hottest places, on the disarmament processes and the fight against terrorism and pandemic.
At the same time, the head of state noted that he should not expect progress from the summit. “But the fact that we’re going to meet, that we’re going to talk about the possibilities of restoring bilateral relations, we’re going to talk about things that interest us mutually – and there are a lot of such things, besides, this is not bad in itself,” he added.