Geneva, June 16 -- : After wrapping up a summit with US President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that the US and Russian ambassadors will return to their diplomatic posts and take up their functions, adding that when that would happen is a "purely technical one".

This is the first meeting of US President Joe Biden in a decade with the Russian president, whom he last met when Putin was prime minister and he was serving as vice president, in March of 2011. The summit is also the first meeting between US and Russian leaders since Putin met Donald Trump in Helsinki in 2018.

The United States and Russia are going to begin consultations on cybersecurity, said Putin said following his summit with US President Joe B...