Turkey and Russian Federation are holding talks to achieve a ceasefire in Syria’s Aleppo, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during the G20 summit, TRT Haber reported on September 5.
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President Barack Obama said on Sunday that USA and Russian negotiators are working “around the clock” to try to strike a deal to reduce violence in Syria, but added “we’re not there yet”.
After a 90-minute huddle on the sidelines of the G20 economic summit, the two leaders directed their top diplomats to return to talks quickly, likely later this week, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters on the meeting.
Obama didn’t detail the trouble spots, although he suggested the USA has concerns about Russian Federation holding up its end of the bargain and enforcing the terms.
The deal depends on the two sides agreeing to closer militarily coordination against extremist groups operating in Syria, something the Russians have long sought and the US resisted.
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.
Obama has expressed skepticism that Russian Federation would honor its agreement.
Politically embarrassing emails from the breach were leaked ahead of the convention of the party, with many security experts holding that the hack had the backing of Russian intelligence services.
The hard diplomacy on Syria set the tone for an challenging few days for Obama on his last tour through Asia as president. The Philippine leader has been under intense global scrutiny over the more than 2,000 suspected drug dealers and users killed since he took office, and Obama has said he planned to raise the issue. He is acknowledging “the challenging history” between the two countries and hoping his talks will “focus on the future”.
A sit-down between Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also laid bare the two North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies’ diverging interests in Syria, with Erdogan pointedly challenging Obama on USA support for Kurds fighting the Islamic State group in Syria.
The freaky rift with Duterte was the most glaring example of how Obama has frequently found himself bound to foreign countries and leaders whose ties to the US are critical even if their values sharply diverge.
Barack Obama in Hangzhou on September 5.
The tensions continued throughout the trip as Chinese officials severely restricted the media’s ability to attend Obama’s G20 events.
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Obama’s next stop is Laos, where he’ll promote his effort to deepen ties to Southeast Asia.
