American President Barack Obama said on Monday that there are still “differences between his country and Russian regarding Syria”, stressing that a ceasefire would facilitate fighting terrorism including Daesh and Al-Nusra Front, AlKhaleejOnline.com reported. But an ultimate agreement remained elusive.
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Alexander Rahr, scientific director of the Russian-German Forum, for his part, said that the G20 countries “demonstrated a new level of communication and relations with Russia” during the Hangzhou summit.
“We had some productive talks about what a cessation of hostilities would look like for Russian Federation and the U.S. to focus on our common enemies”, he said. “We haven’t yet closed the gap”. The remarks come after Russian president Vladimir Putin denied having any involvement with the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s emails earlier this summer. “We are working for a ceasefire to be declared in the region. and the people of Aleppo saved from the bombs”. We have more capacity than anybody both offensively and defensively.
President Barack Obama says he has asked his staff to assess whether it would be productive for him to meet with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
If an agreement can be reached, we want to do so urgently because of the humanitarian situation.
Turkey’s branding of PYD and YPG as terrorist groups have put it at odds with Washington, which sees the YPG as a valuable and effective ally in its fight against Islamic State in Syria.
The outstanding gaps, the official said, were “technical”, having to do with the implementation of the agreement.
Reuters said that Mr Putin said on Monday that an agreement with the United States on finding a way to significantly reduce the death toll in Syria could be reached in the next few days. “If we can not get the type of agreement we want, we will walk away from that effort”.
However, Putin said that an agreement with the USA on finding a way to significantly reduce the death toll in Syria could be reached in the next few days.
The United Nations says that in the city of Aleppo – divided between rebels in the east and the government in the west – almost two million people are without food, water and medical care.
The United States and Russia struggled Monday to keep alive negotiations to end the bloodshed between US -backed rebels and Syria’s Russian-aligned regime.
The shooting down of a Russian fighter jet by a Turkish F-16 on the Syrian border last November saw Putin slap sanctions on Turkey and launch a blistering war of words that dealt serious damage to burgeoning ties.
“He met with senior Turkish officials to discuss United States support for efforts to clear ISIL entirely from the border region…”
But Washington, also conducting air strikes at the head of a coalition, has worked with what it says are moderate opposition forces fighting against Assad.
“I think we are on the right path and we can agree on some mutual steps to improve the situation in Syria”. Four others were wounded, it said.
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Reports allege that the driver was killed instantly. “Other bombings struck regime-held areas in Homs city and Damascus countryside”.
