Obama said he would ask his aides to assess whether a “constructive” meeting was still possible in Laos with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan makes a point at a news conference after the closing of G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, September 5, 2016.
But after previous ceasefire agreements in Syria haven’t lasted, the president remains skeptical.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of a G20 summit in China, where Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the United States and Russian Federation to establish a no-fly zone over northern Syria and to push for a new ceasefire in the key city of Aleppo in the coming days. The pair also discussed Ukraine and Russia’s cyber intrusions, the official said.
He noted there is a distinction between “good terrorists or bad”, he said, an indirect reference to Gulen and USA support for Kurdish fighters in Syria.
But the diplomatic efforts were unsuccessful, Obama said at a press conference on Monday.
The search for a new deal will continue but key differences remain.
Russian and Turkish officials discussed the outlooks for lifting Russia’s ban on Turkish food imports as part of their rapprochement process on Sunday, the Kremlin spokesman added.
But the most immediate issue was to defeat all terrorist groups in the region, the Russian leader said.
Emerging from his first meeting with Theresa May since the British prime minister took power earlier this summer, President Barack Obama reaffirmed America’s close bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom.
Erdogan said his government was preparing to submit additional evidence about the coup to the United States, and would soon send his justice and Interior ministers for consultations with American authorities.
President Obama met with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in China, negotiating over a proposal to cooperate in the war in Syria.
For months, he said, Russian Federation has been asking the Americans for “a real, genuine demarcation between terrorists and the so-called opposition”. The previous time they met was in Geneva on August 26.
Kerry declined to say what specific issues are holding up the deal.
Eager to show he wouldn’t yield, Obama said he would “undoubtedly” still bring up human rights and due process concerns “if and when” the two do meet. Since then, the bombardments have continued, including in the city of Aleppo – divided between rebels in the east and the government in the west – where the United Nations says almost 2 million people are without food, water and medical care. The northern route out of the city to Turkey, previously held by the rebels, has been cut by the government.
USA officials blame Russian intelligence for a hack on the Democratic National Committee that resulted in a leak of emails damaging to its presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. The two forces have encircled areas held by rebel forces and are conducting what has been described as a “brutal siege”.
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The blasts killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens a day after IS lost the last stretch of the Syria-Turkey border under its control. CNN reported that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had claimed responsibility for the attacks.
