On Ukraine, the senior administration official said that Obama stressed the need for full implementation of the Minsk agreement – a cease-fire pact originally agreed to in 2014 – and made clear to Putin that US sanctions against Russian Federation will continue if it is not fully implemented.
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Mr. Obama called the discussion on Syria “productive” about what a real cessation of hostilities would actually look like.
“The global recovery lacks momentum”, Xi told reporters after the meeting.
Obama had said he planned to raise the issue in his first meeting with Duterte, but the Philippine leader insisted he was only listening to his own country’s people.
“We are working for this region to be declared no-fly zone”, Erdogan said at the G20 meeting in China, referring to the land extending from Jarabulus to Azaz in northern Syria seized from IS jihadists.
Both Russian and United States officials said the meeting – which was held in a conference room at the G20 summit site here – lasted longer than planned, and that leaders spent the bulk of their meeting discussing Syria.
“We aim to de-escalate, but if necessary we will take action”, said Peter Slort, a regional police chief.
“As the United Kingdom leaves the EU I’ve set out our ambition to become the global leader in free trade”, May told reporters after a two-day summit of leaders from G20 nations in China. The official would not be named discussing the private discussion, which also covered USA concerns over cybersecurity and the situation in Ukraine. Syrian rebel groups have worked alongside al-Nusra Front, which is now known as Jabhat Fateh al-sham or the Syria Conquest Front. It was the second time in two weeks that Kerry and Lavrov have failed to reach a deal on a ceasefire deal. Any deal would depend on Moscow using its influence with Syrian President Bashar Assad to persuade him to ground planes and stop the assault on opposition forces.
State Department officials have refused to elaborate on what the sticking points have been in recent talks.
But Obama has expressed skepticism that Russian Federation would hold to its agreement.
“We’re moving into a new era here where a number of countries have significant capacities”, Obama said at a news conference at the conclusion of the summit.
The arrested man is an Erdogan supporter and he is suspected of having threatened Gulen backers online and in person, a Dutch official said on condition of anonymity.
Putin’s persistent support for the Syrian regime, Moscow’s moves in Ukraine and the charge that Russian Federation may be meddling in the U.S. presidential contest have built a deeply antagonistic dynamic between the two leaders.
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Yet, he said the Russian-American talks are key for efforts to reduce violence in the Arab state.
