The US and Russian Federation tried and failed to strike a deal on stemming the violence in the disastrous five-year conflict, even as a string of bomb attacks hit across the country, underlining the urgency of the task.
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A series of China’s G20 summit promo films is being shown on the massive video screen “China screen” in New York City’s Times Square from September 3 to September 8.
Maritime disputesWhile China was eager to put on a show of concord in Hangzhou, tensions over the South China Sea have risen sharply, putting the Asian giant at odds with many neighbours over its expansive claims to almost all of the strategic and resource-rich waterway.
Chinese leaders hope the two-day meeting will increase their influence in managing the global economy.
Sponsored by the Chinese central government and hosted by the government of Macao SAR, the forum was created in Macao in 2003, with participation of seven Portuguese-speaking countries – Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and Timor-Leste. The president used an alternative exit, but quarrels with Chinese officials broke out on the tarmac and at other venues over access by USA officials and the traveling press.
Park said a fourth nuclear test by North Korea this year followed by a series of missile tests had “gravely damaged peace on the Korean peninsula and the region and posed a challenge to the development of South Korea-China ties”, Yonhap said.
There were chaotic and embarrassing scenes at the Hangzhou International Airport on Saturday as Obama touched down for his last meeting as President with his Chinese Counterpart Xi Jinping.
Xi said China opposed the USA deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea to counter missile and nuclear threats from North Korea.
China has responded angrily to Seoul’s decision to base the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defence, or THAAD, system south of the South Korean capital, Seoul.
An official from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said they and the United States had pushed for language in the communique on the importance of working together at G20 to tackle excess production.
Obama reiterated that such discussions would take a back seat to Washington’s efforts to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement with Asia as well as a broader trade pact with Europe.
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said he did not like the idea of Britain holding trade talks while still part of the EU.
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“If and when we have a meeting, this is something that is going to be brought up”, Obama said, referring to a spate of extrajudicial killings of purported drug dealers that have transpired since Duterte took officer earlier this year. Their discussion came hours after top USA and Russian diplomats failed to seal a deal aimed at providing access to humanitarian aid for thousands of civilians in the war-torn country.
