Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to NBC at Moscow's Kremlin, Russia. Maksim Blinov / Sputnik
BEIJING (Global Times): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden both downplayed expectations on their upcoming meeting on Wednesday (June 16), and Chinese experts said the biggest expectation for Biden in the meeting in Geneva is to stabilise US-Russia relations and split China-Russia ties as much as he could, but this won't work anyway.
The topic of China seems unavoidable throughout Biden's recent trip in Europe, and observers have summarised a mission list for the US president: to make the West look united; to declare the return of the US; to engage with Putin for easing tensions so that the US could focus on competition with China.
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