Biden, Putin Face Post-Summit Test Over Syria Cooperation

Agreement on maintaining aid corridor expires on July 10
U.S. wants three corridors opened; Russia likely to grant one

Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hand with Joe Biden in Geneva, on June 16.Photographer: Peter Klaunzer/Swiss Federal Office of Foreign Affairs/Bloomberg

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By David Wainer

July 6, 2021 at 4:01 AM UTC

Updated on

July 6, 2021 at 5:48 PM UTC

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President Joe Biden’s effort to reverse a free fall in U.S.-Russia relations encounters an early test in Syria as an agreement over international aid corridors into the country is set to expire this week.

Keeping aid flowing into Syria was a key request Biden made of President Vladimir Putin at their summit in Geneva last month, but that will require the two nations and other members of the United Nations Security Council to reach an accord this week.