President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, senior administration officials told the AP. More:
and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, the White House announced Thursday.
Biden plans to speak at the White House with Griner's wife, Cherelle, and with the player's agent in one meeting and with Whelan's sister, Elizabeth, in the other. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the unusual step of announcing two months ago that the administration had made a substantial proposal to Russia. Since then, the administration has followed up in multiple ways to press its offer and get serious negotiations underway, an administration official told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Biden spoke by phone in July with Cherelle Griner and Elizabeth Whelan, but both families have also requested in-person meetings. Cherelle Griner, for instance, told the AP in June that she was dismayed after the failure of a phone call from her wife that was supposed to have been patched through by the American embassy in Moscow left the couple unable to connect on their fourth anniversary.
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