Putin noted that Syria was high on the agenda of discussions during his meetings on the sideline of the summit and that Moscow would confer with the Syrian government on the progress of the talks and also inform Iran.
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Xi’s speech is significant because China has been one of the largest beneficiaries of worldwide trade deals – but protectionism and isolationism are on the rise in some other countries where people view the deals as job killers.
“It went well”, Peskov reportedly said.
Obama said tackling the issue effectively was important to “regain the trust” of people who feared the system is rigged, but that it would not be fixed overnight.
Leaders of the world’s biggest powers met Sunday to try revive the sluggish world economy at a time China tries to assume a role that befits its status as world’s second-largest economy.
Chinese President attends a press conference after the 11th summit of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Yet, the United States has to keep its promise to distinguish between terrorists and the opposition.
China had made trade a theme of the meeting in the lakeside city of Hangzhou, southwest of Shanghai, even as it faces complaints that a flood of low-priced steel exports are threatening US and European jobs, fueling demands for trade curbs.
Beijing promised in January to reduce steel production capacity by 100 to 150 million tons by 2020, a pledge Xi repeated Saturday ahead of the G-20 meeting.
Previous cease-fire agreements have failed to last for long as both back opposite sides in the five-year war.
“What is urgently needed is that there is more direct investment in Africa”, she said. But Monday marked the first time Xi raised the issue directly with Park.
Prime Minister May spent much of the summit discussing Britain’s European Union exit, which will force the country to define its trading relationships with Europe, the USA and other partners.
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Russian Federation is part of an alliance trying to defeat the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria and Iraq – but has been criticised for military action which appeared to be supportive of keeping the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s regime in power.
