Biden set to meet Putin in 18th-century Swiss villa for first summit
by Joanna Walters in New York and agencies from on (#5JVQ3)
- Disputes likely over cyber-attacks, human rights and Ukraine
- First overseas trip will start with G7 summit in Cornwall
Joe Biden and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, are set to hold their 16 June summit in an 18th-century Swiss villa overlooking Lake Geneva, a soothing setting for what promise to be heated talks.
The US president's first foreign trip since entering the White House got off to an inauspicious start, however, when he was assaulted by a cicada before boarding Air Force One bound for the UK on Wednesday morning, ready to begin his overseas visit by attending the G7 meeting in Cornwall.
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