Putin spoke at a press conference following the G20 summit in China, and said “we’re on the right track”, adding that an agreement could be forthcoming within days.
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Obama will become the first sitting US president to travel to Laos later Monday, where he plans to push for closer economic ties with Laos and Southeast Asia, and raise human rights abuses in the one-party communist state.
The proposal adopted by China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee says the agreement will help China “play a bigger role in global climate governance”, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday. “We haven’t yet closed the gaps”. “This is our airport!” when his White House counterpart reportedly insisted on the USA setting the parameters for Obama’s plane exit.
Obama called the discussion on Syria “productive” about what a real cessation of hostilities would actually look like. Earlier in the day, U.S. secretary of state John Kerry and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov tried and failed to come up with terms for a ceasefire for the second time in a fortnight, although they are due to meet again this week.
The two countries appeared to be closing in a possible deal, but obstacles remain.
Obama has expressed skepticism that Russian Federation would hold to its agreement. Chinese officials insist steel overcapacity is a global issue, but USA and European officials say Beijing’s vast state-owned industry, which accounts for half of global output, is the root of the problem.
Trudeau was also encouraged that China and the USA – the planet’s biggest polluters – both announced in Hangzhou they would formally join the ambitious Paris agreement on climate change. Putin has denied his government was involved, but cheered the release of the information.
On September 5, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry also had a separate meeting to discuss the regulation of the crisis in Syria.
The Republican presidential nominee highlighted the issue as he met with labor leaders Monday in suburban Cleveland.
The hard diplomacy on Syria set the tone for an uneven few days for Obama on his final tour of Asia as president.
A session with Theresa May focused on the newly installed British prime minister’s plan to execute an orderly exit from the European Union.
“The significant momentum generated by both China and the United States ratifying is an encouragement to all countries around the G20 table, and indeed around the world, to move forward with ratification as quickly as possible”, said Trudeau, who has been engaged in ongoing talks with the provinces to ratify.
Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull had better news for May however, announcing that Australia wanted an early free trade deal with the United Kingdom, while he discussed tensions with Xi over Australia’s blocking of the sale of the country’s energy grid to China last month and the nation’s surveillance flights over the South China Sea.
Mr Obama said he “wouldn’t over-crank the significance” of the clashes.
As the president was greeted by his Chinese hosts, Obama’s aides and journalists accompanying the president clashed with a Chinese official as they tried to watch the ceremony.
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The Chinese state media was quick to criticise India. His next stop is Laos, where he’ll promote his effort to deepen ties to Southeast Asia.
