They had been working to negotiate a plan that would have boosted military cooperation between the two nations in an effort to better target terrorists and prevent civilian deaths.
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As for further details on the agreement, Putin said, “It is early now to speak of any parameters of our agreements, but I hope very much that the agreements will be reached, and I have the grounds to believe that this may happen within a few days”, according to TASS.
Obama added that now the gaps have not been closed in negotiations between Russian Federation and the USA in a way that they think would “actually work”.
While both Russian Federation and the United States are battling ISIL, Moscow supports President Assad ‘s forces, including with direct military intervention.
After the meeting, Obama revealed the two had talked about how they could reach “a meaningful, serious, verifiable cessation of hostilities in Syria” and about Ukraine, which Russian Federation invaded in 2014.
The former Cold War enemies have been trying to broker a new truce after a ceasefire agreed in February unravelled in weeks, with Washington accusing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces – which are backed by Russian Federation – of violating the pact.
Turkey began an operation inside Syria on 24 August targetting not only IS but also Syrian Kurdish forces that have been a key United States partner in the fight against the jihadist group in Syria. The state department wants a nationwide ceasefire between Mr Al Assad’s military and the rebels, rather than another time-limited agreement like ones that failed before. He then huddled with Putin in a meeting that lasted 90 minutes.
Democratic officials have blamed Russian Federation for hacking the Democratic National Committee and other party elements – a source of great disruption in the 2016 presidential race. Mr Putin has denied his government was involved, but cheered the release of the information.
Obama and his Russian counterpart Putin met on Monday as talks between their governments on ending violence in Syria ended without an agreement.
Obama first held a “pull-aside” with President Francois Hollande of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
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.
“Our mutual work with the USA in fighting terrorist organisations, including in Syria, will be significantly improved and intensified”. The Kurds are the most effective US-backed anti-Daesh force, but the Turks consider them to be terrorists.
Obama “made clear to president Putin that sanctions will continue on Russian Federation if Minsk is not fully implemented”, the White House pool reported.
To the frustration of the White House, these weighty matters seemed to be overshadowed by a made-for-social-media moment from Obama’s arrival at the airport.
As the president was greeted by his Chinese hosts, Mr Obama’s aides and journalists accompanying the president clashed with a Chinese official as they tried to watch the ceremony.
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Obama said “the typical the tone of our meetings are candid, blunt and businesslike and this one was no different”. Duterte on Monday warned that Obama should not question him, during a scheduled meeting Tuesday, about extrajudicial killings in his country.
