US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, June 15, held meetings with his Swiss counterpart Guy Parmelin and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, the press service of the White House reported.
“President Biden thanked President Parmelin for organizing the US-Russia summit on June 16 and paid tribute to the unique role of Switzerland, which provides a neutral territory for diplomacy and negotiations,” the statement said.
At the same time, the meeting discussed the situation with coronavirus infection, as well as the distribution of vaccines against COVID-19.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States of America, after conducting a study of blood samples, reported that the first cases of coronavirus infection in the country occurred at the end of 2019.
“The results of this report suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection may have been present in the United States in December 2019, earlier than previously thought,” the report said.
It is noted that more than 24 thousand blood samples submitted by Americans from 50 states in the period from January 2 to March 18, 2020 were analyzed. According to the results of the study, scientists concluded that a number of US citizens had antibodies formed as early as January 2020 – before the first recorded information about the COVID-19 disease was confirmed in their places of residence.
President of the United States of America Joe Biden has nominated pilot Chesley” Sully ” Sullenberger for the post of permanent Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the White House press service reported.
On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320-214 flying from New York to Charlotte to Seattle collided with a flock of birds a minute and a half after takeoff, after which both engines failed.
The crew of the aircraft managed to land it on the water of the Hudson River in New York. As a result, all 155 people on board-150 passengers and five crew members-survived, 83 of them were injured, and five were seriously injured.
The media described the incident as a ” miracle on the Hudson.” In 2016, the film of the same name by Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks, was released.
The militants of the banned in Russia group “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) are going to stage a chemical attack in the province of Idlib in Syria. This was announced by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.
As noted in the CPVS, the terrorists brought four containers with toxic substances, possibly with chlorine, to the area of the city of Ariha. Representatives of the organization “White Helmets”, which is called pseudo-humanitarian in the CPVS, assist in these actions of the HTS.
The purpose of the preparations, according to the rear admiral, is to stage a chemical attack, and then blame the incident on the Syrian government forces.
Deputy Head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak answered a question from journalists about whether there were any developments on the organization of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
“No, not yet,” Kozak said.
At the same time, Vladimir Zelensky said earlier that the Ukrainian and Russian sides had started contacts about organizing his meeting with Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin confirmed the contacts, but said that the process is very difficult.
The mother of American Trevor Reed, who was sentenced to 9 years in prison for drunken hooliganism, commented on the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said during an interview with NBC.
Recall that in 2019, 28-year-old Reed, who served as a Marine in the United States, came to Russia to rest, but once he got very drunk and quarreled with his housemates. They called the police, who quickly tied up the American, but Reed tried to arrange an accident, attacking the guards already in the car.
Recall that Putin was very critical of Reed. “Your Marine boyfriend is just a drunk and a bully. He got drunk, as we say, got drunk on vodka and started a fight, including hitting a police officer, ” he told NBC.
Trevor Reed’s mother, Paula, said that she was very insulted to hear this and that she considered it “untrue”. The American’s father, Joey Reed, was also critical – in his opinion, what Putin said “does not correspond to his position.”
Earlier it became known that Reed fell ill with the coronavirus. His mother is worried about his condition. “He feels lost, and that’s a concern. In addition, his health is also concerned. You know, no mother would want to receive such a letter from her son, ” she says.
Recall that on June 16, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will meet in Geneva. It is possible that the leaders will discuss the exchange of prisoners between Russians and Americans, and we may also talk about Trevor Reed.
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The lower house of the Polish parliament voted for a resolution against the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.
The adopted document of the Seimas speaks about the danger of Russian expansion, in particular for Ukraine. In this regard, and in connection with respect for the “values on which the European Union is based”, the Polish deputies called on the EU member states and, above all, Germany to take measures aimed at an immediate and effective termination of the construction of the Nord Stream-2 .
In addition, the Sejm called on the United States, as a NATO ally, to support and expand sanctions against organizations involved in the construction of the gas pipeline.
Users of the Chinese portal “Guancha” commented on the interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin to an American journalist from NBC, Keir Simmons. They liked the cold-blooded and direct style of the Russian leader and especially his answer about the persecution of the opposition.
Recall that then Putin reminded Simmons of the riots at the Capitol and the subsequent arrests. “We have such a proverb: there is nothing to blame on the mirror when the face is crooked…”, — Putin snapped.
Russia has learned to respond to attacks from the West, according to the Chinese. They recognize that Beijing uses tactics derived from Confucian wisdom that do not allow it to directly respond to the attacks. But the Russians do it. “What a straight man!”, ” There is nothing to blame on the mirror, if the face is crooked! — What a good expression!”, “I really like Putin’s direct, sharp and open style”, “As expected from Putin! Amazing! ” – write in the Network.
However, some Chinese stressed that there were other leaders who allowed themselves much more in relation to The United States, than Putin. For example, the former President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, gave an interview to the American media, and they were forced to interrupt the interview to insert ads. There is a difference when you can scold, and when there is only something to scold, users believe.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, spoke about his expectations from the meeting of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. According to him, if the American side does not accept Russia’s position, “we have leverage” and the Russian Federation will force us to take it into account.
“Russia is a great power. And our president is the best and strongest. It shouldn’t be any other way. Either make friends with us, or we will show what we are capable of,” Kadyrov said.
The correspondent asked what the head of the republic would like to convey to Joe Biden. He replied that he wished the American president “to remain a man.”
“Vaughn Trump has done something, reduced it to zero, even annulled it. Let Biden build relations with our state, ” Kadyrov said.
Dmitry Peskov told reporters that not only the Kremlin, but all Russians should be dissatisfied with the pace of vaccination in the Russian Federation.”They leave much to be desired,” he said, recalling that the president uses every opportunity to call for vaccination. “This is the only way to stop the outbreak of the disease, there is no other way to defeat the coronavirus,” the Kremlin spokesman stressed.
At the same time, despite the complication of the situation, vaccination in the Russian Federation will remain voluntary. “This is a question of the consciousness and intelligence of all of us,” he said. According to Peskov, everyone should understand that although vaccination is not a panacea, it is the only protection-there is no other.
The press secretary of the president added that in the current situation it is appropriate to talk about the promotion of vaccination. “In this case, any measures that will help to activate the process are good,” Peskov said, noting that the regional authorities are engaged in this.
Peskov himself, who was ill last spring, has not yet been vaccinated against the coronavirus. “I still have very large antibodies and I have T-cell immunity,” he said.
