There's a New Triumvirate in Global Geo-Politics growing from the Continent of EuroAsia that has replaced the unrivalled U.S. Superpower Hegemony.
The Peoples Republic of China and Xi Ping didn't have to be there to over a new page in post-Cold War history to open the second decade of the 21st Century.
The two top elected leaders of two of the greatest world powers had equal time in two separate news conferences after some three hours of talks with their respective staffs.
There were optimistic words both before and after the high-stakes summit, no matter what over-eager rowdy, boisterous attention-grabbing and out-of-control journalists tried to turn into chaos. This was an extraordinary event on the world stage.
Putin hails ‘constructive’ talks with Biden in Geneva, tells press Russian & American ambassadors will soon be returned to posts
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that talks with his American counterpart Joe Biden in Switzerland on Wednesday were positive and cordial in tone, and that progress was made on a number of international political issues. . .after months of top-tier diplomatic contacts being effectively cut off amid escalating tensions, Putin revealed that an agreement had been reached. The envoys, he said, could be back in place as early as this week.
> The two leaders spoke for around ninety minutes in a slimmed-back format, with only Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well as translators, in attendance. After a short break, aides and other senior officials were invited in for an expanded session. Overall, the meeting lasted for only around three hours.
Biden spoke to reporters at a press conference held nearby, while Putin addressed the cameras from inside Villa la Grange, the stately manor in the Swiss city where the summit was held. However, the American leader is not expected to take questions from Russian outlets, while a number of Western media groups were invited to Putin's briefing.
> The President also described Biden as a "statesman," saying that he was a "seasoned politician" and had approached the discussions in a positive way. “I saw for myself that Mr. Biden is a very experienced person, you don't have such long conversations with every leader," Putin added.
> Cyberattacks were expected to be raised as a major issue, with Biden having pointed the finger at the Kremlin as being behind alleged digital data breaches such as the SolarWinds hack.
> However, Putin, who has consistently rejected the suggestions, argued that questions about the US' own responsibility for online espionage had gone unanswered. “That shows what needs to be worked on,” he said.
> Ukraine was also expected to be a hot topic of discussion in the lead up to the meeting, with the buildup of both Kiev's and Moscow's troops on either side sparking fears of a conflict earlier this year. Putin, however, said that his country's only intention is to see the implementation of the previously-signed Minsk Agreements, intended to put an end to the conflict.
> The president went on to say that Russia, unlike the US, does not station military hardware far overseas, near America's borders. However, he pointed out that Washington's policy is different and it has a military presence close to Russia's frontiers, leading to escalating tensions in the region.
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