Russian Federation supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime, while the USA doesn’t.
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Dems look for comeback in battle for governorships Obama: Kaepernick “exercising his constitutional right” MORE and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for about 90 minutes Monday, an informal meeting squeezed in before the end of the G20 summit in China. “The press services report that the talks were “good”, but we don’t understand yet what exactly does it mean”.
“But given the gap of trust that exists, that is a tough negotiation and we have not closed the gap yet”.
The ruling against Apple has pushed the issue into the limelight and raised the risk of significant push-back from the United States, where some lawmakers are saying it represents a European encroachment on the US potential tax base.
The deal depends on the two sides agreeing to closer military co-ordination against extremist groups operating in Syria, something the Russians have long sought and the United States resisted.
U.S. officials have blamed Russian Federation for the recent hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) servers, and law enforcement and intelligence agencies are reportedly concerned about the Kremlin trying to disrupt or undermine the presidential elections.
He highlighted the need to provide humanitarian relief to those in Syria, and said the nations are working on a instituting a “meaningful, serious, viable cessation of hostilities” there.
Mr Obama’s meeting with Mr Putin came as the Russian Federation leader is at the centre of controversy surrounding the United States presidential election.
The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton alleged that Russian Federation had released the emails to influence the November presidential election.
Mr Putin has denied his government was involved, but cheered the release of the information. “We should not expect anything special at the moment”, he believes.
US President Barack Obama arrives at Hangzhou Xiaoshan global airport before the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 3, 2016.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with his U.S. countepart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou on September 5, 2016.
Putin said it was premature to give any details about the terms of a potential agreement, but said he felt a deal was really close.
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A Chinese security official had also blocked National Security Adviser Susan Rice on the tarmac and yelled at another USA official trying to help journalists get closer to Obama. Mr Obama met earlier with French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the same issue.
