U.S. President Barack Obama said his country has had problems with cyber intrusions from Russian Federation and other countries in the past, but aims to establish some norms of behavior rather than let the issue escalate as happened in arms races in the past.
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Leaders from U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Theresa May to Xi highlighted in news conferences and meetings the need to improve the lives of ordinary citizens to garner support for increasingly unpopular trade agreements.
At his own news conference at the end of the summit, Putin declined to discuss the details of a Syria deal, but said the talks were on the “right track” and expressed hope that an agreement could be reached shortly despite earlier disagreements.
Obama called the discussion on Syria “productive” about what a real cessation of hostilities would actually look like. -Russian military partnership focusing firepower on “common enemies” in Syria, Obama said.
The U.S. backs some of the rebel groups against Assad, considering them relative moderates. USA officials blame Russian intelligence for a hack on the Democratic National Committee that resulted in a leak of emails damaging to its presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.
The hard diplomacy on Syria set the tone for an uneven few days for Obama on his final tour of Asia as president.
But the focus on climate quickly gave way to the failed Syria talks.
“Both US and Russian Federation are interested in fighting terrorism”, Putin said at the conference. The Kurds are the most effective USA -backed anti-IS force, but the Turks consider them to be terrorists. Chinese security officials also jostled and shouted at members of Obama’s delegation. The tensions lingered throughout the trip as Chinese officials severely restricted the media’s ability to attend Obama’s G20 events.
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“China seeks to take on a leading role in the high expectations the summit generated, but this mission is directed to all of the participants, since there has to be a joint effort to maximize achievements and minimize hardships, generating a plan of action and institutional guarantees that benefit everyone”, said the consultants. Duterte managed to do both just before flying to Laos for a regional summit with Obama, who Duterte warned not to challenge him over extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.
