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Thursday, 17 June 2021 (YJC) _ Moscow is now assesing the summit between the two presidents that took place at Villa La Grange on 16 June as "rather positive".
Russia and the US "naturally" have different positions when it comes to Belarus, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told Russian media on Thursday.
"It was stated that this is an issue where, probably, it is not very necessary to bring these positions closer together - this is impossible," the spokesman noted.
Meanwhile, Peskov added that the situation in Belarus concerning protests and the recent Ryanair incident, when the plane carrying blogger Roman Protasevich, designated as an extremist in Belarus, made an emergency landing in Minsk over a bomb threat, was not a "priority" during the Putin-Biden summit in Geneva. Protasevich and his companion, Russian national Sofia Sapega, were arrested during the stopover in Minsk.
In general, Moscow is now assesing the summit between the two presidents that took place at Villa La Grange on 16 June as "rather positive", despite previously warning about inflated expectations about the meeting, Peskov said.
US President Biden also said following the summit that the talks had been carried out in a "positive" manner, while Putin described his counterpart as being a "constructive dialogue partner" with "moral values".
Meanwhile, the two sides did not reach any agreements on cybersecurity, Peskov told Russian radio 'Echo of Moscow', but agreed that this topic was worth talking about.
"Agreements have not been reached, and agreements could not be reached, as no one set such tasks in the first place. In regard to cybersecurity, there is an understanding that it needs to be discussed. This is extremely important," Peskov said.
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