U.S. officials are taking steps to ensure that the American president does not encounter his Russian counterpart in a hallway or even in a leaders’ group photo at next month’s G-20 summit in Indonesia
Joe Biden had said publicly that he wouldn’t meet with Vladimir Putin but he made the matter murky last week. | Patrick Semansky/AP PhotoPresident Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are slated to attend next month’s G-20 summit in Indonesia, setting up the possibility of a high-stakes face off in the midst of an increasingly deadly Moscow invasion of Ukraine.
The pair have only met once during Biden’s presidency, a summit in Geneva in the summer of 2021. As Russia subsequently threatened to invade Ukraine, the two men spoke several times — the last of which was in February, just days before the war began. Ret. Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said that if he were advising the president, he’d urge him to take the meeting.
The success of those meetings has been limited. Saudi Arabia recently defied U.S. entreaties to keep hold off on cuts to oil production, and a White House official said it was “highly unlikely” that Biden would meet again with the crown prince, who is also slated to travel to Indonesia. “It’s a hard call. During times of crisis, channels of communication are important,” said McFaul. “But the problem of meeting is legitimizing him. You give Putin a platform to claim whatever he wants.”
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