ukraine the past eight years. it may only be in the past few days the mask has slipped and russia admits quite openly that it is at war with ukraine but it was russia who annexed crimea in 2014 and stirred up annexed crimea in 2014 and stirred up the war in the donbas that has been going on at a low level ever since. ., . ., ., since. you are a former uk ambassador since. you are a former uk ambassador to since. you are a former uk ambassador to ukraine - since. you are a former uk| ambassador to ukraine and since. you are a former uk - ambassador to ukraine and know since. you are a former uk ambassador to ukraine and know about how diplomacy works. this morning, we are hearing from president zelensky, who is saying we have to put russia at the negotiating table. he is pleading with allies from around the world, if russia will not talk to ukraine, you must talk to them and yet we heard from boris johnson yesterday that he was saying the time for negotiation and diplomacy with vla
cooling the temperature perhaps a more attainable goal. sarah rainsford, bbc news, geneva. let s get more from our correspondent mark lowen, who s in geneva. if the relation between them is a god, what is the point of meeting? is it about not turning down an opportunity to meet your opposite number? i opportunity to meet your opposite number? ~ ., ., number? i think vladimir putin would not have wanted number? i think vladimir putin would not have wanted to number? i think vladimir putin would not have wanted to turn number? i think vladimir putin would not have wanted to turn down - number? i think vladimir putin would not have wanted to turn down the - not have wanted to turn down the invitation to a summit because of the mere fact ofjoe biden wanting to hold a summit with him in the first place gave vladimir putin the kind of position on the centre of the world stage that he wanted. in terms of whyjoe biden decided to hold the summit, well, in the words of the white house pres
involvement in cyberattacks, he how is that giving you confidence? i was about to use the phrase pragmatic diplomacy, and then we got a somewhat i think the president got his back up there a little bit, kasie, about the implication that somehow he was expressing confidence that couldn t change his behavior. and then pretty dismissive of the follow-up question as if you don t understand how diplomacy works. and i think i feel like that was him saying and there s perhaps going to be some we had some folks in our ear who said he really has to push back on the what-aboutisms and he has to do this, and some saying maybe he didn t do it.
0 so president biden has shown his willingness to engage putin where he can. and i think if we don t see any reciprocity, if putin doesn t want for play then this mix that president biden has offered is going to have to skew much more heavily towards the confrontation side so he gets the last word. stick with us, andrea, as we await president biden, he s set to begin his press conference in a few minutes. we re at the top of the hour. we ve been discussing what will president putin said in his press conference. he spent a lot of time doing what about-isms, denying, deflecting any criticism going his way. but trying to create the condition saying, hey, we re creating a stable situation with president biden. let me bring in mike memoli, of course, traveling with the president. mike, i m curious, i know you ve been doing some reporting as putin s press conference was going on. what s your sense of the balance they re going to strike with trying to sort of how much they respond directl
building on those abraham accords and other states to pull back and be wary of us real engagement with iran so it is destabilizing the region and making it less safe. president biden and vladimir putin agreeing to a face-to-face it down next month, this is scheduled to happen june 16th in geneva, switzerland. this would be after meeting with g7 allies. let s take a listen to what jen psaki has to say. this is how diplomacy works. it is important to meet with leaders when we have a range of disagreements, we don t regard the meetings with the russian president as a reward, it is a vital part of defending america s interests. your thoughts on this meeting? there got to be talking, donald trump is always talking to anybody who would engage with him in the country so biden should be talking to vladimir putin but look how he s getting into this arrangement, first thing he did is just announced