Ukrainian crisis – Blur around the American-Russian meeting in Geneva

– Blur around the American-Russian meeting in Geneva

The heads of Russian and American diplomacy have planned to meet Thursday in Switzerland. But the event is on hold due to growing tensions.

Posted today at 8:58 p.m.

Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister.

EPA

At 48 hours from the scheduled date, vagueness reigns around the organization of American-Russian talks in Geneva. Such a meeting is scheduled for Thursday between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his American counterpart, Antony Blinken. The two men must in particular discuss the organization of a potential Putin-Biden summit.

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But the escalation of tensions in the Ukraine crisis places a big question mark on the event. The head of American diplomacy had warned that the meeting would fall apart in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, the United States now speak of the “beginning of the invasion”. Tuesday evening, President Biden thus announced the application of strong sanctions while leaving the diplomatic channel open. He said there was “still time to avoid the worst”, without mentioning whether or not a summit would be held in Geneva.