British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, he remains hopeful that the UK-Russia relations will improve while adding that US President Joe Biden will take some “tough messages” to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week.
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“I’m always hopeful that things will improve with Russia, but … I am afraid that so far, it’s been pretty disappointing from the UK point of view.”
“I know that President Biden will be taking some pretty tough messages to President Putin. In the course of the next few days.”
His comments come as he arrives at a meeting of the NATO military alliance.
PM Johnson is expected to make a statement on virus restrictions later today at 1700 GMT.
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