“More details about their discussion were expected later Monday, but United States officials said before the summit that Syria and Ukraine would likely be on the agenda of an Obama-Putin huddle”.
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In July, the Turkish military attempted a coup to take out President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime.
Turkey is demanding Gulen’s extradition from the U.S., where the reclusive preacher has been living in exile in Pennsylvania since 1999.
Despite intensive diplomatic efforts, the United States and Russian Federation have failed to reach an agreement to end violence in Syria due to an apparent lack of trust. And I would like to thank you for your support against this coup attempt.
On Sunday, Erdogan said that “post-coup evidence” indicating Gulen orchestrated the plot from afar is being amassed and will be submitted to USA authorities.
Since July, Ankara has detained, removed, or arrested tens of thousands of people within the judiciary, military, education system and police force for alleged links to Gulen’s movement or the coup itself.
“We sometimes face the question: “Is Turkey changing axis”?”
Ankara fears Syrian Kurdish ethnics are attempting to set up a ministate, perhaps aiming to link up with the Kurdish armed guerillas it has been fighting at home for three decades, often with Soviet assistance.
The US has insisted they will extradite Gulen if Turkey can provide acceptable proof of his involvement.
But U.S. officials said the incident actually stemmed more from a mix-up over finding a driver for the staircase-on-wheels who could communicate in English with the U.S. Secret Service.
He says that’s why he has “worked to rebalance our foreign policy so the U.S.is playing a larger role in the Asia-Pacific region”.
This week, the two leaders took widely diverse steps to ratchet up the “cold war” between them.
The men had met in the margins of the China G20 summit, with Juncker’s spokesman also posting optimistic messages on social media.
He has invested in developing closer ties with nations in Southeast Asia, and is taking pains in his last scheduled trip to the region to reassure partners anxious about the economic and military might of China.
Obama’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping also veered into delicate territory, with a lengthy White House description detailing how Obama had pressed Xi to abide by an global tribunal’s ruling against China over the South China Sea.
Responding to potential USA concerns over the Turkish response, Obama said, “No doubt what is true is that they’ve gone through a political and civil natural disaster in their country, and they’ve got to rebuild, and how they rebuild is going to be important”.
Beijing rejected the ruling and accused the United States of stirring up trouble in the sea where China’s territorial claims overlap in parts with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.
About the ongoing operation, he said: “We entered Jarabulus with Syrian moderate opposition and threw Daesh away”.
Obama says the latest North Korea launches are provocative and that North Korea needs to know that such actions will increase its isolation in the world.
The Arms Control Association says, ‘United States and Russian Federation still deploy more than 1,500 strategic warheads on several hundred bombers and missiles – far more than necessary to deter nuclear attack – and they are modernizing their nuclear delivery systems. The two countries should push for broader cooperation in trade, investment, finance, energy and technology, he said.
China rejects criticism of its human rights record, arguing it has lifted millions out of poverty. “We don’t make apologies for pushing a little bit harder when it comes to press access, and that’s been the case from my very first state visit here, and we don’t always get everything that we’d like to see, but we think it’s important for us to at least stand up for those values”.
As the president was greeted by his Chinese hosts, Obama’s aides and accompanying journalists clashed with a Chinese official as they tried to watch the ceremony.
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China has also sought greater military cooperation with Russian Federation, such a joint drill planned later this month in the South China Sea, against the backdrop of increasing tensions with the US.
