总统乔·拜登将会遇到俄罗斯白宫周二表示，6月16日，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京(Vladimir Putin)在瑞士日内瓦举行了自拜登上任以来的首次面对面会谈。
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2015年2月7日，副总统乔·拜登在德国慕尼黑。俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京
白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基在谈到拜登的峰会目标时说:“在我们寻求恢复美俄关系的可预测性和稳定性之际，两国领导人将讨论一系列紧迫问题。”。
克里姆林宫还确认了备受期待的会议日期。
紧接着宣布，普萨基确认不存在任何先决条件。
美国和欧盟周日指责白俄罗斯“劫持”一架瑞安航空(Ryanair)民用客机，迫使其在该国降落，以便当局能够逮捕一名对其威权领导人亚历山大·卢卡申科(Alexander Lukashenko)的著名批评者。此后，有人问普萨基，鉴于卢卡申科和普京之间的密切关系，这一事件是否会导致美国重新考虑美俄峰会。
报告称，今年4月，美国宣布对俄罗斯实施一系列全面制裁，原因是干涉选举、网络黑客和其他“有害的外国活动”，包括有报道称，俄罗斯为塔利班袭击美国军队提供“赏金”，以及俄罗斯占领克里米亚和涉嫌侵犯人权。
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俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京与内阁成员和高层官员一起参加会议
“我们的目标是不升级，”普萨基说。“我们的目标是为我们认为俄罗斯政府不可接受的行为付出代价。”
普萨基重申，白宫希望与俄罗斯建立“稳定和可预测的关系”，但承认“这仍然是一种困难的关系”，具有“敌对的成分”。
拜登宣布制裁后，拜登和普京通了电话，拜登提议在第三国会面。
Biden to meet Putin in Geneva, White House says, with goal of restoring 'stability'
PresidentJoe Bidenwill meet withRussian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, the White House said Tuesday, in their first face-to-face encounter since Biden took office.
"The leaders will discuss the full range of pressing issues, as we seek to restore predictability and stability to the U.S.-Russia relationship," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said of Biden's goals for the summit.
The Kremlin also confirmed the date for the much-anticipated meeting.
On the heels of the announcement, Psaki confirmed there were no preconditions.
After the U.S. and European Union accused Belarus of "hijacking" a Ryanair civilian airliner on Sunday by forcing it to land in the country so authorities could arrest a prominent critic of its authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Psaki was asked whether the incident would cause the U.S. to reconsider a U.S.-Russia summit given the close relationship between Lukashenko and Putin.
In April, the United States announced a sweeping series of sanctions against Russia over election interference, cyber hacking and other "harmful foreign activities," it said, including reports of Russia offering "bounties" for Taliban attacks against U.S. troops, and Russia's occupation and alleged human rights abuses in Crimea.
"Our objective here is not to escalate," Psaki said. "Our objective here is to impose costs for what we feel are unacceptable actions by the Russian government."
Psaki reiterated that the White House wanted there to be a "stable and predictable relationship" with Russia but conceded "this continues to be a difficult relationship" with "adversarial components."
After Biden announced the sanctions, Biden and Putin spoke on the phone, and Biden proposed a meeting in a third country.
