The United States and Russia have similar strategic goals in their fight against terrorism, but the means of achieving them are very different, Russia’s presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama discussed anti-terror campaigns in Syria at a brief meeting talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey. It centered around their efforts to resolve the conflict in Syria in the light of Friday night’s attacks in Paris.
Asked if the leaders were able to bring their positions on terrorism in Syria closer together, Ushakov said that, "strategic goals regarding the fight against Islamic State – they are quite similar, but they still differ as far as tactics are concerned."
Putin’s aide added that the presidents exchanged opinions on a "rather critical situation" in Paris where 129 people died and hundreds were injured on Friday night in a series of horrifying terrorist attacks on public places in downtown.
(Sputnik)
15/11/15
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Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Barack Obama of the United States, who had an informal meeting of the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit in Turkey’s Antalya, discussed the situation in Syria and Ukraine, Russian president’s aide Yuri Ushakov said on Sunday...
ReplyDelete"There was an opportunity to speak in detail and the conversation centered round two topics - first about Syria, and then about Ukraine," Ushakov told journalists, adding that the bulk of attention had been focused on Syria.
When asked whether the two leaders had managed to bring their positions on Syria closer, Ushakov said, "As for strategic goals concerning the fight against the Islamic State, they are very close in general, but there still are differences on tactics."
He said Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama had exchanged views on the "rather critical situation" after the terror attacks in Paris and other manifestations of terrorism.
The White House press service said the presidents agreed that the Vienna consultations on Syria had yielded positive results............http://tass.ru/en/politics/836625
Kremlin says Putin-Obama meeting on G20 sidelines lasted more than 30 minutes...
ReplyDeleteRussian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama talked to each other for more than 30 minutes in an informal meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Turkey, the Kremlin's sherpa to the G20, Svetlana Lukash, said on Twitter.
She did not disclose any details of the meeting, but posted a photo showing the two presidents sitting across at a coffee table and leaning towardseach other.
REUTERS