One had called the other a "killer." The second responded by dismissing his rival as a career politician.
But U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have emerged from their summit in Geneva putting on a good face.
Putin and Biden met for three hours at a villa overlooking Lake Geneva. Putin says there was no hostility between them, but rather, a "constructive spirit."
Putin says they agreed to resume talks on controlling nuclear weapons. And he says ambassadors for both countries will return to their posts. Still, tensions remain.
Putin dismissed concerns about Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
And he denied responsibility for recent cyberattacks on U.S. companies and infrastructure.
But U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have emerged from their summit in Geneva putting on a good face.
Putin and Biden met for three hours at a villa overlooking Lake Geneva. Putin says there was no hostility between them, but rather, a "constructive spirit."
Putin says they agreed to resume talks on controlling nuclear weapons. And he says ambassadors for both countries will return to their posts. Still, tensions remain.
Putin dismissed concerns about Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
And he denied responsibility for recent cyberattacks on U.S. companies and infrastructure.
◆put on a good face 平気な顔を装う、うわべを取り繕う a sign, remark,
◆annexation 併合 to take control of a country or area next to your own, especially by using force
◆jailing 投獄、拘置 a place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment, or where people who have been charged with a crime are kept before they are judged in a law court 類義語 prison