Moscow and Washington may reach an agreement on resolving the Syrian crisis shortly, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, following a meeting with U.S. counterpart Barack Obama.
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Washington needs to seek possible compromises and scrap its sanctions in regard to Russia if it wants to improve its relations with Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
Russian presidency spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Russian news agency TASS that the Obama-Putin meeting lasted longer than planned and involved discussions about Ukraine, in addition to Syria.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov Sunday and the two will meet again Monday. Al-Assad’s forces, and in the past Russian planes, have bombed us -backed Syrian rebels under the guise of fighting ISIS. Obama says “we have deep commitments” to account for those lost during the war.
After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin today, Obama indicated there was no deal on solving the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
But perhaps most interesting, Obama said at the post-sideline meeting press conference that the two had discussed “cybersecurity”. And the US must get rebels to break ranks with the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, a task that grew tougher after its fighters last month successfully broke the siege of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and the site of fierce recent fighting. Lavrov and Kerry were engaged in a conversation.
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.
Russian Federation has characterised all armed opponents of the Assad regime as “terrorists” and targeted them with air strikes, including groups that the United States supports and describes as “moderate”.
His remarks come as United States intelligence and law enforcement agencies investigate what they believe is a broad covert operation in the US.
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The official says Obama and Putin clarified remaining gaps in the talks, which largely involve how the deal would be implemented. Chinese officials insist steel overcapacity is a global issue, but US and European officials say Beijing’s vast state-owned industry, which accounts for half of global output, is the root of the problem.
