Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow and Washington may soon reach an agreement on ways to reduce violence in Syria, following a meeting with U.S. counterpart Barack Obama, Press TV reported.
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Mr Obama’s meeting with Mr Putin came as the Russian Federation leader is at the centre of controversy surrounding the USA presidential election.
“Some in the media were more interested in seeing China make mistakes as a host than expecting fruitful results of the summit”.
American Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov met on Sunday and Monday on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
“Every dollar wasted on fossil fuel subsidies pushes us closer to climate disaster and makes the transition to clean energy more hard”, said Alex Doukas, a senior campaigner with Oil Change International.
He also stressed that China is especially interested in inclusive growth to ensure that the common public benefits from economic globalization and that developing nations do not lose out.
He said they discussed “a range of issues”, the two most important being how to cease violence in Syria and provide humanitarian relief.
While addressing the opening ceremony of the annual summit, Xi urged G20 leaders to prescribe remedies for the sluggish world economy to embark on a road of robust, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth. “But I nevertheless believe the decisions made were right and we have to continue to work on them”.
Discussions at the forum, he went on, would be centered on strengthening policy coordination, breaking a new path for growth, more effective and efficient global economic and financial governance, robust worldwide trade and investment, inclusive and interconnected development, as well as other issues effecting the world economy.
“Nearly two years ago, the United States and China stood shoulder to shoulder to proclaim their commitment to solving climate change, kickstarting the process that culminated in a worldwide climate agreement in Paris”, Ken Berlin, president & CEO of The Climate Reality Project, said.
Celia Gautier, global and European Union policy advisor at Climate Action Network, said France can play an active role in the coming months to convince other G20 countries to make climate-risk disclosure mandatory for all investments, and to introduce climate stress tests for companies.
Ceremonial niceties matter at the G20, and things got off to a bad start when Barack Obama exited from the rear of Air Force One on folding stairs, a marked contrast to other leaders who descended down a large red-carpeted staircase.
Asked if China was one of those resisting, she just repeated “in the face of some resistance”.
China levelled responsibility at the United States and journalists for the fracas.
G20 leaders agreed to use multiple policy tools including fiscal, monetary and structural reform to ward off short-term risks and explore medium- and long-term growth potential, Xi said after the summit concluded.
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During Obama’s time in China, US foes proved a little more reliable. Obama told reporters he “wouldn’t over-crank the significance” of the airport events.
