Why Biden agrees in principle to summit with Putin?
US President Joe Biden has "in principle" agreed to hold a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. The White House said the talks proposed by France would only take place if Russia did not offend its neighbors. Meanwhile, the Kremlin said no. Summit "concrete plan" The talks are expected to provide a possible diplomatic solution to one of Europe's worst security crises in decades. U.S. officials said intelligence agencies had indicated that Russia was preparing to launch a military operation, but Moscow denied this. The French president announced the proposed summit after a total of nearly three hours of telephone conversation between President Emmanuel Macron and Putin. The second call, made early Monday morning Moscow time, was made after Macron had a 15-minute conversation with Biden. Macron said the details of the summit's potential will be discussed at a meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinke...