Russian President Putin Accepts President Biden’s Invitation To Virtual Climate Summit

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US Climate Envoy John Kerry has already talked about the environment with Chinese officials last week  

DW: Putin accepts Biden’s invitation to virtual climate summit 

Despite tensions between Washington and Moscow, the Russian president has agreed to take part in an online conference on the climate crisis. 

Even as relation fray between them, US President Joe Biden and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to address the worsening climate crisis in a virtual conference on Thursday. 

Dozens of other national leaders are also set to attend. “Vladimir Putin will outline Russia’s approaches within the context of establishing broad-ranging international cooperation aimed at overcoming the negative consequences of global climate change,” the Kremlin said in a statement on Monday.  

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Update: Putin to address Biden’s climate summit despite crisis in US-Russia ties (Reuters)  

WNU Editor: The summit runs from April 22-23.