Despite the growing tension in the relations between the two countries, and the growing signs in recent days of the proximity of the summit between Putin and Biden

The White House announced that US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet in the Swiss city of Geneva on June 16.

In an earlier statement, the White House stated that the National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, had held consultations with the Secretary of the Russian National Security Council, Nikolai Patrochev, on American-Russian relations.

Russian and American officials had set 15 and 16 next month as a preliminary date for the summit, which had subsequently been adopted.

The summit follows the end of Biden's first foreign trip as President, and will have a one-week trip, travelling to Europe, participating in the G-7 summit in the United Kingdom, and then visiting NATO headquarters in Brussels.

It should be noted that a few months ago, after the latter called him a "murderer," Putin preceded Biden by calling a summit public, but Biden did not immediately respond to that call.

Biden took a different approach to Russia than his predecessor, Donald Trump, who often aimed to get close to Putin, and their only summit, held in July 2018 in Helsinki, was marked by Trump's refusal to stand by US intelligence agencies about Putin's denial of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Under Biden, the United States sought to pressure Russia through economic sanctions, and Washington, last week, imposed sanctions on Russian companies and ships for working on a natural gas pipeline in Europe.