WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden said he’d meet with Vladimir Putin to discuss the release of detained basketball star Brittney Griner, but would not talk with the Russian leader about resolving the war in Ukraine without Kyiv’s involvement.
“Look, I have no intention of meeting with him,” Biden said Tuesday in an interview with CNN. “But for example, if he came to me at the G-20 and said I want to talk about the release of Griner, I’d meet with him. I mean, it would depend.”
Biden and Putin are both expected to attend the Group of 20 summit in Bali next month.
