The meeting ended after just over two hours, when the world leaders were expected to meet for up to five.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the meeting with his American counterpart featured “no hostility” even as American pundits on Twitter predicted Joe Biden would strike fear into the Russian leader.
“There’s been no hostility, on the contrary, our meeting took place in a constructive spirit, indeed, we have arrived at assessments on a number of issues, but both sides expressed their intention to understand each other and seek common ground. Talks were quite constructive,” said Putin to the press after the meeting. Putin added, “The talks were very constructive. Personally, I was convinced that President Biden was an experienced person. We spoke for more than two hours. It doesn’t happen with all leaders that you have such a detailed conversation.”
