Biden considers G20 meeting on Afghanistan fruitful

US President Joe Biden believes the G20 virtual meeting on Afghanistan has been fruitful, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a regular briefing, Report informs referring to the White House website.

“I would note that it is still fruitful, of course, to have an opportunity - or this is how the President views it - to discuss the efforts to work together on counterterrorism, work to - including against the - including against threats from ISIS-K, to ensure safe passage for those foreign nationals and Afghan partners with documentation seeking to depart Afghanistan,” she said.

Answering the question regarding an assessment by the White House of the fact that on the G20 call this morning, it was reported that neither Vladimir Putin nor Xi Jinping were on the call, Psaki noted: “It was a meeting organized by the Italians, so I would certainly point you to them for confirmation of who may or may not have attended.”