17 Jun 2021

Biden-Putin meeting results in some agreements

From Morning Report, 7:22 am on 17 June 2021

The much-awaited meeting of Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin has resulted in some agreements on cyber security, and US and Russia government envoys.

It could be the start of a renewed relationship between the two leaders - last time they met, Biden supposedly told the Russian president he "didn't have a soul".

The summit was highly curated, with an eighty vehicle motorcade accompanying the leaders to Villa La Grange overlooking Lake Geneva, and over 4000 army and police guarding the lake, roads and nearby streets.

First observed as an "awkward" and "tense" summit, the meeting was later concluded as "constructive" by Vladimir Putin.

Correspondent Collette Devlin spoke to Corin Dann.