Turkey and Russian Federation cooperate on issues of the ceasefire regime in Syria and normalization of the situation in Aleppo, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday at a news conference after the Group pf Twenty (G20) summit in China, shown on the TRT TV channel.
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As reported by The Register, in a speech given in China, after a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Obama explained his desire for digital peace between major world powers.
“We’ll see in coming days whether on Syria we can reach a near-term agreement.
After that Obama and Putin had a one-on-one meeting behind closed doors”, Peskov said.
Xi said the two countries should cooperate more closely on global and regional issues, as well as resolutely safeguard the principles of the UN Charter, the basic norms of worldwide relations, and global equity and justice to promote peace, stability and prosperity.
Mr Putin said it required a transition, not a revolution, and this would include elections some time in the future.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) shakes hands with US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a joint ratification of the Paris climate change agreement ceremony ahead of the G20 Summit at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, China, on September 3.
Moscow has sometimes questioned whether US -backed rebels really are moderate.
Obama added that now the gaps have not been closed in negotiations between Russian Federation and the U.S. in a way that they think would “actually work”.
He highlighted the need to provide humanitarian relief to those in Syria, and said the nations are working on a instituting a “meaningful, serious, viable cessation of hostilities” there.
Obama first held a “pull-aside” with President Francois Hollande of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
Obama has expressed skepticism that Russian Federation would hold to its agreement. United States officials blame Russian intelligence for a hack on the Democratic National Committee that resulted in a leak of emails damaging to its presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.
“He said ‘Please materialize the cease-fire in Aleppo as soon as possible.’ He discussed the issue with them again and again separately”, Kalın told broadcaster NTV. USA failure to do so has allowed the Russians to claim they are targeting only terrorists of the Front for the Conquest of Syria – or Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, the al-Qaeda affiliate formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra – and the Islamic State.
The hard diplomacy on Syria set the tone for an uneven few days for Obama on his final tour of Asia as president. But U.S. was wary of enter a deal that would not be effective.
But the focus on climate quickly gave way to the failed Syria talks.
During the news conference in Hangzhou, Obama said his visit to Laos would be a symbolic one and that he hoped to make progress in accounting for missing USA servicemen from the Vietnam war.
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“Many of the groups considered acceptable by the U.S, have actually affiliated with the Nusra Front, while the Nusra Front is using them to avoid being attacked”, Ryabkov told Russian media, citing a longstanding complaint of his government. Putin also said that Moscow welcomes the renewal of full-scale relations with Washington, but for progress to be made the United States should lift its sanctions implemented in connection with the Ukrainian crisis.
