“I don’t have to sell it to Asian leaders here who were part of the negotiations because they see this as the right thing to do for their own countries”, Obama told reporters at the close of the G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
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Chinese officials insist steel overcapacity is a global issue, but US and European officials say Beijing’s vast state-owned industry, which accounts for half of global output, is the root of the problem.
However, Putin said that an agreement with the US on finding a way to significantly reduce the death toll in Syria could be reached in the next few days.
The Russian leader told the media he believed that he and Obama had found common ground and mutual understanding on the issues both countries are facing.
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.
A senior State Department official said a fresh round of talks between Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the margins of the G20 summit in Hangzhou had ended without agreement.
“I urge all leaders, particularly G20 countries, to accelerate their domestic ratification processes so we can turn the aspirations of Paris into the transformative climate action the world so urgently needs”, Mr. Ban said. “Our other partners, including Iran, will also be informed [on the progress]”, Putin added.
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Theresa May hold a press conference on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hangzhou on September 4, 2016. Saying that they discussed “a range of issues”, the American president noted the situation in Syria was the most important of them.
This global climate agreement will accelerate the growth of clean energy and help us achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and will strengthen worldwide stability and security, save lives and improve human well-being, he added.
A senior USA official said of the meeting between Obama and Putin, “It was constructive”. Mr Putin even claimed a deal could be reached within days.
Obama had hoped to spend his final journey to Asia as president talking up the highlights of his pivot to the region.
“This is not a decision against the United States of America”, Juncker said.
Washington needs to seek possible compromises and scrap its sanctions in regard to Russia if it wants to improve its relations with Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
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“If and when we have a meeting, this is something that is going to be brought up”, Obama said, referring to a spate of extrajudicial killings of purported drug dealers that have transpired since Duterte took officer earlier this year.
