“The proposals that the Russians have put forward looked at moving from terrorism to constitutional reform to elections but didn’t really get into acknowledging the process of transition around that so those are the types of issues we will want to get into”, the source said.
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Putin added that Russian Federation was ready to “closely cooperate” with France in its investigation of the attacks.
In a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Turkey, Mr Cameron urged the Russian President to target airstrikes in Syria at IS, rather than the moderate opponents of the Assad regime.
In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the Kremlin offered its condolences, condemning the “hateful” string of attacks and “inhuman murders”. “I am sure we can discuss that and Syria this morning”, Cameron told Putin.
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin went head-to-head on the sidelines during the G20 Summit in Turkey, agreeing that the United Nations should broker a ceasefire between the Syrian regime and its opposition group.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said security in Europe depended on destroying the “death cult” of IS in its strongholds of northern Iraq and Syria.
Speaking at a press conference on the second day of the summit Mr Cameron said that leaders of the G20 group of major economies had agreed “important steps” to counter the threat from terrorism.
On the change Britain is seeking in Syria, he said: “Our plan has always been that you need a political transition in Syria, as well as degrading and destroying Isil in Syria…” “They need to be set out more clearly and more explanation given”.
At a working dinner in Antalya – just 300 miles from the Syrian border – Mr Cameron pushed for a concerted effort to improve airport security around the world.
“I think people want to know that there is a whole plan for the future of Syria, the future of the region, because it is perfectly right to say that a few extra bombs and missiles won’t transform the situation”.
Following his hour-long meeting with Mr Putin, Mr Cameron voiced hope that last weekend’s peace talks in Vienna could close the gap between Western demands for Assad to go and Russia’s refusal to abandon him.
A communique agreed by the leaders condemned the IS atrocities as “an unacceptable affront to all humanity” and resolved “to prevent and suppress terrorist acts through increased global solidarity and co-operation”.
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The West hopes that last month’s downing of a Russian airliner over the Sinai – which Britain believes was caused by an IS bomb – will help persuade Mr Putin to shift his stance on Syria and turn his firepower against the terror group which holds large swathes of the country. “We have even worked together with the Free Syrian Army”, Putin told Interfax and the Turkish media in an interview.
