“I always want to make sure if I’m having a meeting that it’s productive and we’re getting something done”, Obama said during his news conference.
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“I think he absolutely sincerely aims to reach results in fighting terrorism and resolving the Syrian conflict”, Putin said, according to Russia Today.
In a communique issued several hours after the close of the summit, the G20 leaders warned that global growth was weaker than anticipated, with downside risks continuing, and repeated the acknowledgement that monetary policy alone could not create balanced growth.
And calls to utilize innovation as an economic driver should reflect policies that encourage an environment promoting fair and market-driven innovation that is open to all participants, and not just a few domestic champions, Zimmerman said.
“For the first time, we have devised a groundbreaking Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, the Chinese leader stated after hosting 70 meetings over two days.
US President Obama’s parting words on the G20 meeting — his last — were a poignant admission that these are “turbulent times” with “volatile politics” where people don’t believe leadership is capable of “making sure the global economy is working for everybody”.
Leaders discussed prominent issues affecting the global economy, including climate change and refugees.
She said that there had to be, “more growth, growth must be more inclusive, and growth in order to respond to the expectations and sometimes anxiety of people who feel that they do not reap the benefit of growth”. The tensions lingered throughout the trip as Chinese officials severely restricted the media’s ability to attend Obama’s G20 events.
He will remain in China today to visit e-commerce giant Alibaba, aiming to seal a deal with the China-based company to get more Australian products on its virtual shelves.
Obama said he wanted to be sure not to “duplicate a cycle of escalation” as was seen in the past with arms races. There was no rolling staircase provided for Air Force One when it landed and Obama had to disembark from an exit in the plane’s belly.
He was echoed by Armen Oganesyan, chief editor of the global affairs magazine Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizhn, who said that in Hangzhou, “the G20 countries drew a thick line under all speculations about the necessity of isolating Russian Federation”.
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Obama also addressed a domestic controversy over NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand during the playing of the national anthem in protest of the treatment of minorities in the United States.
