US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin just took their first photo at the historic meeting at Villa La Grange in Geneva as their meeting gets underway.
The two presidents stood outside the villa with the Swiss President Guy Parmelin, who made short remarks welcoming the two leaders. Parmelin said he wished the leaders a “fruitful dialogue in the interest of your two countries and the world.”
Biden and Putin listened as his remarks were translated, first in Russian and then English.
The Swiss leader bid them farewell, and Biden and Putin came together.
They shook hands, looked at each other, and smiled. Putin turned toward the press and smiled some more, before turning around as the two presidents entered 18th century villa for their first round of meetings.
Both leaders have recently acknowledged a low point in relations between the two nations.
CNN
