The Russian leader told the media he believed that he and Obama had found common ground and mutual understanding on the issues both countries are facing.
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“In the same way, we then have to do some coordination with even some of our closest allies racing to the bottom in terms of how they enforce their tax policies in ways that lead to revenue shifting and tax avoidance in our country”.
Lack of trust between the USA and Russian Federation is getting in the way of possible cooperation to stop the violence in Syria, President Barack Obama said Sunday.
“Russians walked back on some of the areas we thought we were agreed on, so we are going back to capitals to consult”, the diplomat said.
Important progress was also made in fighting cyber crimes, coping with the Ebola epidemic in Africa, and facilitating a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue, Xi said.
Negotiators had been hopeful a deal could come together while world leaders gathered in China, and American officials were optimistic enough that they invited reporters to an expected announcement by Kerry and Lavrov.
A cessation of hostilities agreement brokered by Lavrov and Kerry in February unraveled within weeks, with Washington accusing head of Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad’s forces of violating the pact.
But perhaps most interesting, Obama said at the post-sideline meeting press conference that the two had discussed “cybersecurity”.
Leaders of Asia’s two giants pledged a year ago to cool a festering border dispute, which dates back to a brief border war in 1962, though the disagreement remains unresolved.
“I’ve said all along we’re not going to rush”, said Kerry, who has negotiated several failed truces with Russian Federation in recent months. Ukraine was mentioned at the meeting, Putin said, without specifying further.
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Obama and Putin also discussed the conflict in Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists have been fighting the government, and the implementation of an agreement to stop the violence. “And we’ll see in coming days whether on Syria we can reach a near-term agreement”. An “effort [to make the deal work] should increase in urgency over the next several weeks”, Obama said. Meanwhile, Putin told reporters that a deal with the U.S. to “ease tensions in Syria” may come “within a few days”, according to Russia’s state news agency TASS.
